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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 : current status and eradication efforts [PDF]

, 2020
Epidemics of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the 20th century led to millions of deaths. However, since the start of the twenty-first century, there is been a continued decline in the number of reported cases, due to increased investment and ...
Davis, Christopher, Keeling, Matthew James, Rock, Kat S.   +2 more
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Current Treatments to Control African Trypanosomiasis and One Health Perspective

Microorganisms, 2022
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) and Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) are neglected tropical diseases generally caused by the same etiological agent, Trypanosoma brucei.
Alberto Venturelli, Lorenzo Tagliazucchi, Clara Lima, Federica Venuti, Giulia Malpezzi, George E. Magoulas, Nuno Santarem, Theodora Calogeropoulou, Anabela Cordeiro-da-Silva, Maria Paola Costi   +9 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis : the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases [PDF]

, 2020
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense and caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Due to effective control programs implemented in the last two decades, the number of reported
Gao, J-M, Hide, G, Lai, D-H, Lun, Z-R, Qian, Z-Y, Wu, Z-D   +5 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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Hepatocyte-derived IL-10 plays a crucial role in attenuating pathogenicity during the chronic phase of T. congolense infection [PDF]

, 2020
Bovine African Trypanosomosis is an infectious parasitic disease affecting livestock productivity and thereby impairing the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa. The most important trypanosome species implicated is T.
Brys, Lea, De Baetselier, Patrick, De Trez, Carl, Korf, Hannelie, Magez, Stefan, Stijlemans, Benoit, Van Ginderachter, Jo A   +6 more
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Epidemiology and Economic Importance of African Animal Trypanosomiasis

, 2021
African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT), also called Nagana, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by an extracellular protozoan belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. It has serious effects on the health status and welfare of domestic mammals which considerably results in a reduction in their productivity.
Kimaro, Esther, Abiola, Popoola
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Molecular identification of trypanosomes in cattle in Malawi using PCR methods and nanopore sequencing: epidemiological implications for the control of human and animal trypanosomiases

Parasite, 2020
This study aimed to identify trypanosomes infecting cattle in Malawi in order to understand the importance of cattle in the transmission dynamics of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and Animal African Trypanosomosis (AAT).
Marsela Megasari, Hayashida Kyoko, Nakao Ryo, Chatanga Elisha, Gaithuma Alex Kiarie, Naoko Kawai, Musaya Janelisa, Sugimoto Chihiro, Yamagishi Junya   +8 more
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Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed 2030 goal for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) [PDF]

, 2019
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is a parasitic, vector-borne neglected tropical disease that has historically affected populations across West and Central Africa and can result in death if untreated.
Aliee, Maryam, Antillon, Marina, Chitnis, Nakul, Crump, Ronald E., Davis, Christopher, HASH(0x55cde5a53b80), Huang, Ching-I, Keeling, Matt J., Rock, Kat S., Soledad Castaño, María, Tediosi, Fabrizio   +10 more
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Salivarian Trypanosomes Have Adopted Intricate Host-Pathogen Interaction Mechanisms That Ensure Survival in Plain Sight of the Adaptive Immune System

Pathogens, 2021
Salivarian trypanosomes are extracellular parasites affecting humans, livestock and game animals. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are human infective sub-species of T.
Stefan Magez, Joar Esteban Pinto Torres, Seoyeon Oh, Magdalena Radwanska   +3 more
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