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Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2009 Human Africa trypanosomiasis is a centuries-old disease which has disrupted sub-Saharan Africa in both physical suffering and economic loss. This article presents an update of classic chemotherapeutic agents, in use for >50 years and the recent ...
Cyrus J. Bacchi
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Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis
Clinical Epidemiology, 2014 Jose R Franco,1 Pere P Simarro,1 Abdoulaye Diarra,2 Jean G Jannin1 1World Health Organization, Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Innovative and Intensified Disease Management, Geneva, Switzerland; 2World Health Organization, Inter Country Support ...
Franco JR +3 more
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The detection and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis
Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine, 2012 Bernard Bouteille,1 Alain Buguet21Laboratory of Parasitology, Dupuytren University Hospital of Limoges, France; 2Polyclinic Marie-Louise Poto-Djembo, Pointe-Noire, CongoAbstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by the injection of ...
Bouteille B, Buguet A
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Treatment of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2000 Human African trypanosomiasis presents a health challenge to the international community -- a challenge both to poor countries and to rich countries (where there is often a shocking surfeit of health resources). In the year 2000, human African trypanosomiasis is on the increase, even though we know how to tackle it since the tsetse fly, which transmits
Michel Dumas, Bernard Bouteille
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
The Lancet, 2010 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies. Almost all cases are due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is indigenous to west and central Africa.
François Chappuis +4 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
BMJ, 2002 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) is caused by two subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei: T. b. rhodesiense is prevalent in East Africa among many wild and domestic mammals; T. b. gambiense causes an anthroponosis in Central and West Africa.
Paulo M. Abel +2 more
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The Lancet, 2017 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Thanks to sustained and coordinated efforts over the past 15 years, the number of reported cases has fallen to an historically low level.
Buscher, P. +3 more
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Molecular epidemiological studies on animal trypanosomiases in Ghana
Parasites & Vectors, 2012 Background African trypanosomes are extracellular protozoan parasites that are transmitted between mammalian hosts by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Nakayima Jesca +5 more
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The history of African trypanosomiasis
Parasites & Vectors, 2008 The prehistory of African trypanosomiasis indicates that the disease may have been an important selective factor in the evolution of hominids. Ancient history and medieval history reveal that African trypanosomiasis affected the lives of people living in
Steverding Dietmar
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Hypocretin and Human African Trypanosomiasis [PDF]
Sleep, 2008 To detail clinical and polysomnographic characteristics in patients affected with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Tb.g.) human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) at different stages of evolution and to measure and compare cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of hypocretin-1 with narcoleptic patients and neurologic controls.Twenty-five untreated patients affected ...
Sylvie Bisser +6 more
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