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Characterization of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense variant surface glycoprotein LiTat 1.5 [PDF]

, 2012
At present, all available diagnostic antibody detection tests for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human African trypanosomiasis are based on predominant variant surface glycoproteins (VSGs), such as VSG LiTat 1.5. During investigations aiming at replacement
Büscher, P., Guisez, Y., Lejon, V., Rogé, S., Van Nieuwenhove, L.   +4 more
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The importance of veterinary policy in preventing zoonoses emergence and re-emergence: Examining the case of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda

Frontiers in Public Health, 2014
Rapid changes in human behaviour, resource utilisation and other extrinsic environmental factors continue to threaten the current distribution of several endemic and neglected zoonoses worldwide.
Anna L Okello, Susan C Welburn
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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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Clinical and Neuropathogenetic Aspects of Human African Trypanosomiasis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2019
Trypanosomiasis has been recognized as a scourge in sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. The disease, caused by protozoan parasites of the Trypanosoma genus, is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in animals and man. Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT),
Peter G. E. Kennedy, Jean Rodgers
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Evaluation of the micro-CATT, CATT/Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, and LATEX/T. b. gambiense methods for serodiagnosis and surveillance of human African trypanosomiasis in West and Central Africa

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of serological tests using dried blood on filter-papers (micro-card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis (micro-CATT)) performed under field and laboratory conditions and using whole blood ((CATT/T.b.
Truc Philippe, Lejon Veerle, Magnus Eddy, Jamonneau Vincent, Nangouma Auguste, Verloo Didier, Penchenier Laurent, Büscher Philippe   +7 more
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: Epidemiology and Control

, 2006
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, describes not one but two discrete diseases: that caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and that caused by T. b. gambiense. The Gambian form is currently a major public health problem over vast areas of central and western Africa, while the zoonotic, Rhodesian form continues to present a ...
Fèvre, Eric M., Picozzi, K., Jannin, J., Welburn, S.C., Maudlin, I.   +4 more
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Cost analysis of options for management of African Animal Trypanosomiasis using interventions targeted at cattle in Tororo District; south-eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes cause both nagana (African animal Trypanosomiasis-AAT) and sleeping sickness (human African Trypanosomiasis - HAT) across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dennis Muhanguzi, Walter O. Okello, John D. Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Alexandra P.M. Shaw   +5 more
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Africa and the Cattle Without History

Global Environment
African historiography of tsetse-borne trypanosomiasis has yet to fully embrace the genetic basis of cattle tolerance to the disease due to the literature’s emphasis on human illness and landscape modification.
Tad Brown
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: Real Obstacles to Elimination [PDF]

, 2009
presented at: 5ème Congrès International de Pathologie Infectieuse et Parasitaire - en présence du Ministre de la Santé, Kinshasa, DRC, November 2009Significant progress has been made in controlling human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) caused by T.b ...
Serge Kazadi, Michel Quere, Jacqueline Tong, Claude Mahoudeau, François Chappuis
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Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax: Its biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and introduction in the New World - a review [PDF]

, 2008
The biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques, and history of the introduction of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax in the New World are reviewed.
Desquesnes, Marc, Gonçalves da Costa, Sylvio Celso, Madruga, Claudio Roberto, Osorio, Ana Luiza Alves Rosa, Ribeiro, Laura Raquel Rios, Soares, Cleber Oliveira   +5 more
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