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Sleeping Sickness at the Crossroads

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a disease with truly historic dimensions [...]
Christian Burri
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Therapeutic Strategies against Leishmania and Trypanosoma

Pathogens, 2023
Human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness, with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense as etiological agents), American trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas disease, with Trypanosoma cruzi as the etiological
André L. S. Santos, Igor A. Rodrigues, Claudia M. d’Avila-Levy, Cátia L. Sodré, Koert Ritmeijer, Marta H. Branquinha   +5 more
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Toward the elimination of HAT in Nigeria: leaving no community behind

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a tsetse fly-borne neglected tropical disease that affects underserved rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rolayo T. Emmanuel, Kelly Zongo, Olaleye O. Olusola   +2 more
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Assessment of animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) vulnerability in cattle-owning communities of sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is one of the biggest constraints to livestock production and a threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Hagos, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Miruk, A Soudré, A Sow, A Teko-Agbo, APM Shaw, C Waiswa, C. Mumba, D Grace, D Muhanguzi, EH Waaij van der, G Cecchi, G Hendrickx, G Rowlands, G. B. Napier, GA Vale, GK Fuller, H Buyst, H Simukoko, H. R. Holt, J Bouyer, J McDermott, J Woodford, J. Guitian, L Sinyangwe, M Abdoulmoumini, M Chanie, M Pinder, M Simon-Grifé, MJB Vreysen, N Machila, N Machila, NE Anderson, OD Cardona, P Bossche Van den, P Solano, PP Simarro, R Fikru, R Selby, R. Selby, S Costard, S Tasew, V Delespaux   +45 more
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Prenatal Environmental Hypoxia Enhances Adult Hypoxia Tolerance in Brandt's Voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii): Behavioral and Transcriptomic Insights

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Prenatal hypoxia enhances adult hypoxia tolerance in Brandt's voles, preserving cognitive and memory functions. Transcriptomic analysis reveals adaptive changes in energy metabolism, oxygen transport, and neuroprotective mechanisms, highlighting developmental plasticity.
Mengyang Li, Congcong Qiao, Xiujuan Li, Maolin Huang, Zhenlong Wang, Luye Shi   +5 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM, Burke J, Dupont WD, Gouteux JP, Gouteux JP, Grebaut P, Magnus E, Meda AH, Mulumba PM, Noireau F, Okia M, Van Hoof L., Van Nieuwenhove S, Watsenga TN, World Health Organisation, Wyatt GB   +15 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis

, 2013
Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease that affects populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is caused by infection with the gambiense and rhodesiense subspecies of the extracellular parasite Trypanosoma brucei, and is transmitted to humans by bites of infected tsetse flies.
Lejon, Veerle, Bentivoglio, M., Franco, J.R.   +2 more
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Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi, Carmen Scieuzo, Federica De Stefano, Luca Masucci, Patrizia Falabella   +4 more
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African trypanosomiasis

, 2010
African trypanosomes continue to present major public and livestock health problems in sub-Saharan African, typically in rural communities with limited access to diagnosis and treatment. Over the past 50 years, a tractable set of laboratory models for this infection has led to an appreciation of the immunological, cellular and molecular subtleties of ...
Sternberg, Jeremy M, Black, Samuel J, Stefan, Magez   +2 more
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Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist.
Akish Luintel, Patricia Lowe, Anneli Cooper, Annette MacLeod, Philippe Büscher, Tim Brooks, Mike Brown   +6 more
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