Trypanosomiasis
Funders
Medical Research Council
Year
2022-2024
Study Area
Malawi
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We are collaborating with colleagues at the University of Glasgow and the Vector and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Institute, Tanzania to understand how peri-urbanisation and crop cultivation may be affecting Rift Valley fever virus transmission.
We are contributing to the Strengthening Resilience Against Sleeping Sickness in Malawi project led by Chris Jones at LSTM and collaborators at Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust.
Project objectives:
Objective 1
Develop and tsetse sampling strategy to determine the population dynamics across the wildlife-agriculture interface and identify influential ecological drivers
Objective 3
Determine whether the transmission potential of T. b. rhodesiense has increased due to the emergence of a new virulent strain of parasite
Objective 2
Determine where and when people are exposed to tsetse fly bites in the surrounding Vwaza communities