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The history of African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2008
The prehistory of African trypanosomiasis indicates that the disease may have been an important selective factor in the evolution of hominids. Ancient history and medieval history reveal that African trypanosomiasis affected the lives of people living in sub-Saharan African at all times.
Steverding Dietmar
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The Burden of Human African Trypanosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is a protozoan parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense or Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. These are neglected tropical diseases, and T.b. rhodesiense HAT is a zoonosis. We review current knowledge on the burden of HAT in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the disability ...
Eric M. Fèvre, Beatrix von Wissmann, Susan C. Welburn, Pascal Lutumba   +3 more
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The Pathogenesis of African Trypanosomiasis

Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2023
African trypanosomes are bloodstream protozoan parasites that infect mammals including humans, where they cause sleeping sickness. Long-lasting infection is required to favor parasite transmission between hosts. Therefore, trypanosomes have developed strategies to continuously escape innate and adaptive responses of the immune system, while also ...
Pays, Etienne, Radwanska, Magdalena, Magez, Stefan   +2 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

BMJ, 2002
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) is caused by two subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei: T. b. rhodesiense is prevalent in East Africa among many wild and domestic mammals; T. b. gambiense causes an anthroponosis in Central and West Africa.
Paulo M. Abel, Sanjeev Krishna, August Stich   +2 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

The Lancet, 2010
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies. Almost all cases are due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is indigenous to west and central Africa.
François Chappuis, François Chappuis, Reto Brun, Christian Burri, Johannes Blum   +4 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis

The Lancet, 2017
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Thanks to sustained and coordinated efforts over the past 15 years, the number of reported cases has fallen to an historically low level.
Buscher, P., Cecchi, G., /Jamonneau, Vincent, Priotto, G.   +3 more
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Immunology and immunopathology of African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2006
Major modifications of immune system have been observed in African trypanosomiasis. These immune reactions do not lead to protection and are also involved in immunopathology disorders. The major surface component (variable surface glycoprotein,VSG) is associated with escape to immune reactions, cytokine network dysfunctions and autoantibody production.
Vincendeau, Philippe, Bouteille, Bernard
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Bioactivity profiles of progressively ring‐fluorinated cyclohexyl motifs in the WKYMVm peptide as formylpeptide FPR2 agonists and in keto‐piperazines as anti‐trypanosome agents.

ChemBioChem, Accepted Article.
A series of all‐cis ring fluorinated cyclohexylalanines with progressively increasing levels of vicinal fluorines, as well as 4‐fluorophenylalanine and pentafluoroarylphenylalanine were introduced into the WKYMVm peptide in place of its tyrosine residue, for assays against the G‐protein coupled formylpeptide receptor, FPR2.
David O'Hagan, Mengfan He, Christina M Thomson, Dawn Thompson, Vytautus Kuodis, Terence K. Smith, Sergio Dall'Angelo   +6 more
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Evaluation of two candidate molecules—TCTP and cecropin—on the establishment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense into the gut of Glossina palpalis gambiensis

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates the potential of enhancing the resistance of Glossina palpalis gambiensis to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense to mitigate the transmission of Human African Trypanosomiasis. We successfully cloned genes encoding proteins of interest in Sodalis strains, resulting in recombinant Sodalis (recSodalis) that were micro‐injected into the L3
François Sougal Ngambia Freitas, Linda De Vooght, Flobert Njiokou, Jan Van Den Abeele, Géraldine Bossard, Bernadette Tchicaya, Rosa Milagros Corrales, Sophie Ravel, Anne Geiger, David Berthier‐Teyssedre   +9 more
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Effect of Spiroplasma infection on the mating behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Tsetse flies are insects of significant public health and zoonotic importance as they are the main vectors of African trypanosomes. To date, an effective vaccine is unavailable and efforts to limit the spread of the disease primarily rely on controlling the tsetse populations.
Giulia Fiorenza, Riccardo Piccinno, Daniel J. Bruzzese, Francesca Scolari, Gloria Milanesi, Claudio Casali, Ludvik M. Gomulski, Francesco Lescai, Federico Forneris, Giuliano Gasperi, Kiswend‐sida M. Dera, Chantel de Beer, Adly M.M. Abd‐Alla, Serap Aksoy, Anna R. Malacrida   +14 more
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