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Integrated cost-benefit analysis of tsetse control and herd productivity to inform control programs for animal African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2018
Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) and its tsetse vector are responsible for annual losses estimated in billions of US dollars ($). Recent years have seen the implementation of a series of multinational interventions.
Chilongo, K, Fauron, A, Gilbert, W, Guitian, J, Holt, H R, Meyer, A, Mumba, C, Oumarou,, F   +7 more
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A longitudinal survey of African animal trypanosomiasis in domestic cattle on the Jos Plateau, Nigeria:prevalence, distribution and risk factors [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Trypanosomiasis is a widespread disease of livestock in Nigeria and a major constraint to the rural economy. The Jos Plateau, Nigeria was free from tsetse flies and the trypanosomes they transmit due to its high altitude and the absence of ...
A Cox, A Mamoudou, A Nyong, Akinyemi Fajinmi, AM Jordan, AO Majekodunmi, AU Kalu, AU Kalu, AU Kalu, AU Kalu, AU Kalu, Ayodele O Majekodunmi, B Bett, BU Shamaki, C Clopper, Charles Dongkum, CI Mahama, DJ Rogers, DJ Rogers, DK Masiga, DK Masiga, DW Hosmer, E Brandstätter, FAO, G Hendrickx, H Davies, HA Ahmed, HA Ahmed, Humanitarian Policy Group, Humanitarian Policy Group, J Ford, J Ford, J Wooden, JC Anosike, JO Kalejaiye, K Katakura, K Taylor, KC Kain, Kim Picozzi, L Ikede BO, M Hulme, M Murray, M Parascandola, MI Takeet, Michael V Thrusfield, MJ Otte, N Schenker, NB Pullan, O Azuwike, PAP Moran, PE Glover, PH Holmes, PM Dede, R Selby, RA Joshua, RA Masake, SC Welburn, SGA Leak, SJ Torr, SO Omotainse, SO Omotainse, Susan C Welburn, Swallow BM, V Kilgour   +63 more
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Prevalence and community awareness of Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Wolaita Zone Kindo Koysha Woreda, Southern EthiopiaEast African Journal of Biophysical and Computational SciencesEast Afr. J. Biophys. Comput. Sci.(2020), Vol. 1, Issue 1, 23 -34

East African Journal of Biophysical and Computational Sciences, 2020
A cross-sectional study was carried out from October 2018 to April 2019 in Kindo Koysha Woreda of Wolaita Zone, Southern Nation Nationalities and People Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia. The general objectives were to find the prevalence and assess the community
Seifemichael Ushencho, Amene Fekadu
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Quantifying the association between bovine and human trypanosomiasis in newly affected sleeping sickness areas of Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BACKGROUND: Uganda has active foci of both chronic and acute HAT with the acute zoonotic form of disease classically considered to be restricted to southeast Uganda, while the focus of the chronic form of HAT was confined to the northwest of the country.
Beatrix von Wissmann, Jenna Fyfe, Kim Picozzi, Louise Hamill, Charles Waiswa, Susan C Welburn   +5 more
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Neglected zoonotic diseases-the long and winding road to advocacy. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
BACKGROUND:Years of advocacy for the neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have focused the world's attention on these diseases of the poor, resulting most recently in the 2012 "London Declaration" and the recent World Health Assembly Resolution WHA66.12 on
Hayley E Mableson, Anna Okello, Kim Picozzi, Susan Christina Welburn   +3 more
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Immunodiagnosis of bovine trypanosomiasis in Anambra and Imo states, Nigeria, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: zoonotic implications to human health [PDF]

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2008
Background & objectives: The prevalence of trypanosomiasis was studied in cattle, being a major source of animal protein in Nigeria, thus, a very likely means of spread of Human African Trypano-somosis (HAT).
M.C. Ezeani, H. Okoro, V.O. Anosa, C.C. Onyenekwe, S.C. Meludu, C.E. Dioka, C.C. Azikiwe   +6 more
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The burden and spatial distribution of bovine African trypanosomes in small holder crop-livestock production systems in Tororo District, south-eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) is considered to be one of the greatest constraints to livestock production and livestock-crop integration in most African countries.
Dennis Muhanguzi, Kim Picozzi, Jan Hattendorf, Michael Thrusfield, John David Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan Christina Welburn   +6 more
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei Induces Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil Activation and Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Release

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Trypanosoma brucei brucei trypomastigotes are classical blood parasites of cattle, these stages might become potential targets for circulating polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN).
Daniela Grob, Iván Conejeros, Zahady D. Velásquez, Christian Preußer, Ulrich Gärtner, Pablo Alarcón, Rafael A. Burgos, Carlos Hermosilla, Anja Taubert   +8 more
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Prevalence of Bovine Trypanosomiasis and its risk factors in and around Zenzelima, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

EAS Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
A cross sectional study was conducted from January 2018 to June 2018 with the aim of determining the prevalence of bovine trypanosomiasis and identifying the circulating species of trypanosomes and possible risk factors in and around Zenzelima, Amhara ...
S. Mohammed
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Pseudokinase NRP1 facilitates endocytosis of transferrin in the African trypanosome

Scientific Reports, 2022
Trypanosoma brucei causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) and nagana in cattle. During infection of a vertebrate, endocytosis of host transferrin (Tf) is important for viability of the parasite.
Gaurav Kumar, Bryanna Thomas, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot   +2 more
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