@article{fdi:010018168, title = {{E}ffects of urbanization on transmission of human {A}frican trypanosomiasis in a suburban relict forest area of {D}aloa, {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire}, author = {{F}ournet, {F}lorence and {T}raor{\'e}, {S}. and {H}ervou{\¨e}t, {J}ean-{P}ierre}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he epidemiological risk of human {A}frican trypanosomiasis transmission was evaluated from entomological parameters (apparent trap density, female teneral rates, daily survival rates, proportion of human feeds) of tsetse (#{G}lossina palpalis palpalis$) populations in the town of {D}aloa, {C}{\^o}te d'{I}voire. {H}igh tsetse densities were found in the town outskirts, where the calculated risk of transmission was greatest. {E}nvironmental changes brought about by urbanization did not result in the disappearance of tsetse, or the interruption of sleeping sickness transmission. {T}he few cases of sleeping sickness detected (32) in the years 1990-95 indicated that transmission was unrelated to tsetse density. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{TRYPANOSOMIASE} {HUMAINE} ; {EPIDEMIOLOGIE} ; {TRANSMISSION} ; {URBANISATION} ; {ETUDE} {D}'{IMPACT} ; {VECTEUR} ; {DENSITE} {DE} {POPULATION} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVORIE} ; {DALOA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{T}ransactions of the {R}oyal {S}ociety of {T}ropical {M}edicine and {H}ygiene}, volume = {93}, numero = {2}, pages = {130--132}, ISSN = {0035-9203}, year = {1999}, DOI = {10.1016/{S}0035-9203(99)90283-3}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010018168}, }