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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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Focus–specific clinical profiles in human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense [PDF]

, 2010
<p><b>Background:</b> Diverse clinical features have been reported in human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) foci caused by <i>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</i> (<i>T.b.rhodesiense</i>) giving rise to the ...
Odiit, Martin, Martin Odiit, Sternberg, J.M., Sternberg, Jeremy M, Peter G E Kennedy, MacLean, Lorna M, Chisi, J.E., Chisi, John, Peter G. E. Kennedy, Lorna M MacLean, Jeremy M Sternberg, John E. Chisi, Odiit, M., Kennedy, Peter, Kennedy, P.G.E., Jeremy M. Sternberg, Lorna M. MacLean, John E Chisi, MacLean, L.M.   +18 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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Towards the Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2009
Background Updated, accurate and comprehensive information on the distribution of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is critically important to plan and monitor control activities.
Cecchi Giuliano, Simarro Pere P, Fevre, Eric M., Mattioli, Raffaele C., Ruíz, J.A., Franco José R, Cecchi, Giuliano, Raffaele C Mattioli, Abdoulaye Diarra, Paone, M., José R Franco, Mattioli Raffaele C, Ruiz, Jose A., Diarra, A., Paone, Massimo, Diarra, Abdoulaye, Paone Massimo, Massimo Paone, Franco, Jose R., José A Ruiz, Diarra Abdoulaye, Eric M Fèvre, Simarro, Pere P., Pere P Simarro, Fèvre Eric M, Franco, J.R., Cecchi, G., Giuliano Cecchi, Ruiz José A   +28 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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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2009
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies.
Chappuis, F, Blum, J., Brun, R, Chappuis, F., Brun, R., Burri, C, Burri, C., Blum, J, Blum J, Brun R, Burri C, Chappuis F   +11 more
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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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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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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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A literature review of economic evaluations for a neglected tropical disease : human African trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness") [PDF]

, 2015
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a disease caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or T. b. rhodesiense. It is transmitted to humans via the tsetse fly.
Sutherland, C. S., Joshua Yukich, Tediosi, F., C. Simone Sutherland (689448), C Simone Sutherland, Ron Goeree (201687), Fabrizio Tediosi (247282), TEDIOSI, FABRIZIO, Ron Goeree, Goerre, R., Yukich, Joshua, Sutherland, C. Simone, Yukich, J., C. Simone Sutherl, Fabrizio Tediosi, Joshua Yukich (44606), Goeree, Ron, Yukich Joshua, Goeree Ron, Sutherland CS, Goeree R, Tediosi F., Tediosi Fabrizio, Yukich J., Yukich J, Sutherland C. S., Tediosi F, Sutherland C. Simone, Goeree R.   +28 more
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