Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 09:07 in Health & Medicine

The northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research group including members from the Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh; the Ministry of Health, Uganda; and the Universities of Oxford and Southampton...

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