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The challenging problem of disease staging in human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): a new approach to a circular question [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, puts millions of people at risk in sub-Saharan Africa and is a neglected parasitic disease that is almost always fatal if untreated or inadequately treated. HAT manifests itself in two
Gettinby, George   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The history of African trypanosomiasis

open access: yesParasites & 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
doaj   +1 more source

Infections with extracellular trypanosomes require control by efficient innate immune mechanisms and can result in the destruction of the mammalian humoral immune system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Salivarian trypanosomes are extracellular parasites that affect humans, livestock, and game animals around the world. Through co-evolution with the mammalian immune system, trypanosomes have developed defense mechanisms that allow them to thrive in blood,
Magez, Stefan   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Molecular epidemiological studies on animal trypanosomiases in Ghana

open access: yesParasites & 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
doaj   +1 more source

African Trypanosomes undermine humoral responses and vaccine development : link with inflammatory responses? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
African trypanosomosis is a debilitating disease of great medical and socioeconomical importance. It is caused by strictly extracellular protozoan parasites capable of infecting all vertebrate classes including human, livestock, and game animals.
Achcar   +160 more
core   +1 more source

Sleeping Sickness at the Crossroads

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a disease with truly historic dimensions [...]
Christian Burri
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic Strategies against Leishmania and Trypanosoma

open access: yesPathogens, 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effectiveness of a 10-day melarsoprol schedule for the treatment of late-stage human African trypanosomiasis: confirmation from a multinational study (IMPAMEL II). [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
BACKGROUND: Treatment of late-stage human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) with melarsoprol can be improved by shortening the regimen. A previous trial demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a 10-day treatment schedule.
Asumu, P   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

Availability and affordability of treatment for Human African Trypanosomiasis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a re-emerging disease whose usual treatments are becoming less efficient because of the increasing parasite resistance.
Etchegorry, M   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: The first case report in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
We report the first imported case in China of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, in a sailor returning from Gabon in 2014.
Nian Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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