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. 2017 May 22;11(5):e0005585. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005585

Table 4. Areas at risk of T. b. rhodesiense infection (km2).

Periods 2005–2009 and 2010–2014.

Country Total country area* Area at risk 2005–2009 Area at risk 2010–2014
Very High and High Moderate Low and Very Low Total at risk % of total country area Very High and High Moderate Low and Very Low Total at risk % of total country area
Burundi 25,053 - - 151 151 0.6 - - - - -
Kenya 574,883 - - 969 969 0.2 - - 2,362 2,362 0.4
Malawi 94,758 179.848 3,105 10,428 13,712 14.5 - 2,380 10,108 12,488 13.2
Mozambique 779,061 - - - - - - - 482 482 0.1
United Republic of Tanzania 886,278 2,251 9,310 33,067 44,628 5.0 - 303 15,436 15,739 1.8
Uganda 205,540 - 3,316 25,740 29,056 14.1 - 1,602 17,340 18,942 9.2
Zambia 742,479 32.9259 2,914 35,807 38,754 5.2 - 6,071 36,749 42,820 5.8
Zimbabwe 388,414 - - 7,610 7,610 2.0 - 6 8,681 8,687 2.2
Other Endemic Countries** 2,568,511 - - - - - - - - - -
Total 6,264,977 2,464 18,644 113,773 134,880 2.2 - 10,362 91,158 101,520 1.6

* Land area. The area of surface water bodies as depicted in the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—River-Surface Water Bodies dataset is not included.

** Countries at marginal risk: Botswana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Rwanda and Swaziland.