@article{fdi:010044379,
  title = {{T}setse elimination : its interest and feasibility in the historical sleeping sickness focus of {L}oos {I}slands, {G}uinea},
  author = {{K}agbadouno, {M}. and {C}amara, {M}. and {B}ouyer, {J}. and {H}ervou{\¨e}t, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {C}ourtin, {F}abrice and {J}amonneau, {V}incent and {M}orifaso, {O}. and {K}aba, {D}. and {S}olano, {P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{G}uinea is the {W}est {A}frican country which is currently the most prevalent for sleeping sickness. {T}he littoral area is the region where most of the recent sleeping sickness cases have been described, especially the mangrove sleeping sickness foci of {D}ubreka and {B}offa where {G}lossina palpalis gambiensis is the vector. {L}oos islands constitute a small archipelago 5 km apart from the capital, {C}onakry. {M}edical, animal, and entomological surveys were implemented in these islands in {O}ct-{N}ov 2006. {N}o pathogenic tryponosomes were found in these surveys. {T}he locally very high tsetse densities (up to more than 100 tsetse/trap/day) linked to pig rearing, constitute a high potential risk for humans (taking into account populations movements with neighboring active sleeping sickness foci,of the {G}uinea littoral, and the history of sleeping sickness on these islands), and for the economically important pig rearing, as well as a danger for tourism. {T}his situation, associated to the possibility of elimination of these tsetse populations due to low possibility of reinvasion, led the {N}ational {C}ontrol {P}rogram to launch a tsetse elimination project following an "area wide" strategy for the first time in {W}est {A}frica, which participates in the global objective of the {PATTEC} ({P}an {A}frican {T}setse and {T}rypanosomosis {E}radication {C}ampaign).},
  keywords = {{G}lossina palpalis gambiensis ; elimination ; pig ; sleeping sickness ; {G}uinea ; {GUINEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}arasite - {J}ournal de la {S}oci{\'e}t{\'e} {F}ran{\c{c}}aise de {P}arasitologie},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {29--35},
  ISSN = {1252-607{X}},
  year = {2009},
  DOI = {10.1051/parasite/2009161029},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010044379},
}