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Table 2 T. b. rhodesiense Sleeping Sickness: new cases reported between 2000 and 2009

From: The Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis: a contribution to global mapping of neglected tropical diseases

Country

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Total

Botswana

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Burundi

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ethiopia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Kenya1

15

10

11

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

38

Malawi2

35

38

43

70

48

41

58

50

49

39

471

Mozambique

-

-

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

2

Namibia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rwanda3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Swaziland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Uganda4

300

426

329

338

335

473

261

119

138

129

2,848

United Republic of Tanzania5

350

277

228

113

159

186

127

126

59

14

1,639

Zambia6

9

4

5

15

9

7

6

10

13

4

82

Zimbabwe7

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

3

6

Total

709

755

617

536

552

710

453

305

259

190

5,086

  1. "-", no data reported
  2. "0", no cases reported despite passive surveillance is in place
  3. 1 Data for Kenya include revisions of previously published figures for the years 2000 to 2002 [27, 28]. Revised figures include "transboundary" cases diagnosed in Uganda.
  4. 2 The previously published figure for Malawi in 2004 [27, 28] has been revised. The revised figure includes a case "exported" from Malawi to United Kingdom.
  5. 3 Data for Rwanda include revisions of previously published figures for the years 2001 and 2004 [27, 28], which had been affected by an error in the yearly reports to WHO (Data verified through a joint assessment by the Rwandan Ministry of Health and WHO).
  6. 4 Data for the Uganda include revisions of previously published figures for the year 2000 and the years from 2002 to 2006 [27, 28]. Revisions arose from a re-assessment of the epidemiological data, including ward and laboratory books. "Transboundary" cases from Kenya have also been considered.
  7. 5 Data for the United Republic of Tanzania include revisions of previously published figures for the years from 2000 to 2006 [27, 28]. The revised includes all cases "exported" from the United Republic of Tanzania to other countries.
  8. 6 Data for Zambia include revisions of previously published figures for the years 2001 and 2006 [27, 28], which had been affected by an error in the yearly reports to WHO (Data verified through a joint assessment by the Zambian Ministry of Health and WHO). "Exported" cases have also been included.
  9. 7 The previously published figure for Zimbabwe in 2005 [27, 28] has been revised following a re-assessment of epidemiological reports.
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