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Transmission concomitante de trypanosomose humaine et animale : le foyer de Mandoul au Tchad

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2014
La trypanosomose est une maladie qui affecte à la fois l’homme et les animaux. Elle est provoquée par Trypanosoma sp. et cycliquement transmise par un vecteur, la glossine.
Peka Mallaye, L. Kohagne Tongué, N. Ndeledje, F. J. Louis, H. Mahamat Hassane   +4 more
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Tsetse distribution, trypanosome infection rates, and small-holder livestock producers’ capacity enhancement for sustainable tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in Busia, Kenya

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2020
Background Tsetse flies are the cyclical vectors of both human and animal diseases. Kenya’s commitment to eradicate tsetse and trypanosomiasis dates to the 1980s through various control approaches which were spearheaded by the African Union.
Ferdinard Adungo, Tom Mokaya, Olipher Makwaga, Matilu Mwau   +3 more
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Plant Terpenoids as Hit Compounds against Trypanosomiasis

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) are vector-borne neglected tropical diseases, caused by the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi, respectively.
Raquel Durão, Cátia Ramalhete, Ana Margarida Madureira, Eduarda Mendes, Noélia Duarte   +4 more
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on Knowledge Attitude and Practices on African Animal Trypanocide Resistance

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: African trypanocide resistance is an emerging public health emergency whose control requires a revisit on farmer’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices in developing countries.
Keneth Iceland Kasozi, Ewan Thomas MacLeod, Charles Waiswa, Michael Mahero, Ibrahim Ntulume, Susan Christina Welburn   +5 more
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Breeding of African sheep reared under low-input/output smallholder production systems for trypanotolerance [PDF]

Veterinary World, 2022
Trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by unicellular protozoan parasites. Small ruminants succumb to trypanosomiasis in areas of high tsetse fly challenge, resulting in serious economic loss often to farmers in low-input smallholder systems.
Dikeledi P. Malatji
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APOL1 renal risk variants have contrasting resistance and susceptibility associations with African trypanosomiasis

eLife, 2017
Reduced susceptibility to infectious disease can increase the frequency of otherwise deleterious alleles. In populations of African ancestry, two apolipoprotein-L1 (APOL1) variants with a recessive kidney disease risk, named G1 and G2, occur at high ...
Anneli Cooper, Hamidou Ilboudo, V Pius Alibu, Sophie Ravel, John Enyaru, William Weir, Harry Noyes, Paul Capewell, Mamadou Camara, Jacqueline Milet, Vincent Jamonneau, Oumou Camara, Enock Matovu, Bruno Bucheton, Annette MacLeod   +14 more
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Trypanosoma brucei Tim50 Possesses PAP Activity and Plays a Critical Role in Cell Cycle Regulation and Parasite Infectivity

mBio, 2021
African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma bruceiT.
Anuj Tripathi, Ujjal K. Singha, Ayorinde Cooley, Taneisha Gillyard, Evan Krystofiak, Siddharth Pratap, Jamaine Davis, Minu Chaudhuri   +7 more
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Human African Trypanosomiasis Transmission, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To investigate the epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2 entomologic surveys were conducted in 2005.
Gustave Simo, Philemon Mansinsa Diabakana, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Emile Zola Manzambi, Gaelle Ollivier, Tazoacha Asonganyi, Gerard Cuny, Pascal Grébaut   +7 more
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A doença de Chagas: repercussões de uma descoberta científica brasileira em Portugal, 1909-1924

Ler História, 2022
Currently, Chagas disease, or human American trypanosomiasis, affects around 900 people in Portugal, mostly Brazilian immigrants, the main foreign population residing in the country.
Ewerton Luiz Figueiredo Moura da Silva
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Morphometric diagnosis of Glossina palpalis (Diptera: Glossinidae) population structure in Ghana

BMC Research Notes, 2017
Objective This study aimed to identify isolated population(s) of Glossina palpalis in Ghana using geometric morphometrics to evaluate variations in wing-shape and size between populations of the fly from three regions. Results Wing shape of G.
Faith Ebhodaghe, Maxwell Kelvin Billah, Delphina Adabie-Gomez, Adam Yahaya   +3 more
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