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Physiological, environmental, and life-history drivers of haemosporidian infections in non-passerine birds from a rehabilitation center

Frontiers in Parasitology
IntroductionPathogens and parasites play a crucial role in shaping ecological and evolutionary processes, influencing the behavior, physiology, and survival of their hosts across diverse ecosystems.
Lis Marques de Carvalho e Vieira, Victor Aguiar de Souza Penha, Kevin J. McGraw, Amanda Vitória Dornelas da Silva, Erika Martins Braga   +4 more
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Alterações hematológicas em coelhos infectados experimentalmente pelo Trypanosoma evansi Hematological changes in rabbits experimentally infected by Trypanosoma evansi

Ciência Rural, 2008
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar as alterações hematológicas em coelhos infectados experimentalmente pelo Trypanosoma evansi. Foram utilizados seis coelhos, machos, divididos em dois grupos, sendo o grupo controle composto de animais não infectados ...
Aleksandro Schafer da Silva, Marcio Machado Costa, Sonia Terezinha dos Anjos Lopes, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro   +3 more
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Trypanosoma brucei metacaspase 4 is a pseudopeptidase and a virulence factor [PDF]

, 2011
Metacaspases are caspase family cysteine peptidases found in plants, fungi, and protozoa but not mammals. Trypanosoma brucei is unusual in having five metacaspases (MCA1-MCA5), of which MCA1 and MCA4 have active site substitutions, making them possible ...
Absalon, Alsford, Ambit, Bangs, Bastin, Belenghi, Birkett, Bozhkov, Broadhead, Burleigh, Coll, Emmer, Emmer, Emmer, Field, Geiger, Grébaut, Helms, Kelly, LaCount, Lee, Lee, Liu, Madeo, Mills, Morty, Moss, Mottram, Munday, Pils, Pop, Silverman, Sundström, Szallies, Sárkány, Tsiatsiani, Uren, Vercammen, Watanabe, Webb, Wirtz, Yu, Zalila, Zettl   +43 more
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Parasite motility is critical for virulence of African trypanosomes. [PDF]

, 2018
African trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei spp., are lethal pathogens that cause substantial human suffering and limit economic development in some of the world's most impoverished regions.
Geng, Quanjie, Hill, Kent L, Kisalu, Neville, Ozcan, Aydogan, Ray, Sunayan S, Shimogawa, Michelle M, Zhang, Yibo   +6 more
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Protective immunity against Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]

, 2009
Upon infection, Trypanosoma cruzi triggers a strong immune response that has both protective and pathological consequences. In this work, several important questions regarding protective immunity are reviewed.
Basombrío, Miguel Ángel Manuel, Padilla, Ángel Marcelo, Parodi Ramoneda, Cecilia María   +2 more
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Adherence to a Six-Dose Regimen of Artemether-Lumefantrine for Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Uganda. [PDF]

, 2004
Measuring baseline levels of adherence and identifying risk factors for non-adherence are important steps before the introduction of new antimalarials. In Mbarara in southwestern Uganda, we assessed adherence to artemether-lumefantrine (Coartem) in its ...
Bajunirwe, F, Biraro, S, Checchi, F, Fogg, C, Guthmann, J P, Kiguli, J, Kyomugisha, A, Musabe, J, Namiiro, P, Piola, P   +9 more
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MIF contributes to Trypanosoma brucei associated immunopathogenicity development [PDF]

, 2014
African trypanosomiasis is a chronic debilitating disease affecting the health and economic well-being of many people in developing countries. The pathogenicity associated with this disease involves a persistent inflammatory response, whereby M1-type ...
Beschin, Alain, Brys, Lea, Bucala, Richard, Caljon, Guy, De Baetselier, Patrick, Leng, Lin, Raes, Geert, Sparkes, Amanda, Stijlemans, Benoit, Van Den Abbeele, Jan, Van Ginderachter, Jo A, Vansintjan, Liese   +11 more
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Vδ2+ T cell response to malaria correlates with protection from infection but is attenuated with repeated exposure. [PDF]

, 2017
Vδ2+ γδ T cells are semi-innate T cells that expand markedly following P. falciparum (Pf) infection in naïve adults, but are lost and become dysfunctional among children repeatedly exposed to malaria.
Bowen, Katherine, Boyle, Michelle J, Budker, Rachel, Dorsey, Grant, Farrington, Lila A, Feeney, Margaret E, Greenhouse, Bryan, Jagannathan, Prasanna, Kamya, Moses R, Katureebe, Agaba, Lutwama, Fredrick, McIntyre, Tara I, Musinguzi, Kenneth, Nalubega, Mayimuna, Naluwu, Kate, Nankya, Felistas, Rek, John, Sikyomu, Esther   +17 more
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Equine trypanosomiasis, a systematic review: Disease management

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Equine trypanosomiasis is a neglected protozoal disease. Objectives To answer the study question: In equines what are the effects of disease management of trypanosomiasis on disease severity (individual level) and disease prevalence (population level) compared to no intervention? Study Design Systematic review.
Alexandra G. Raftery, Lauren Gummery, Karelhia Garcia, Dinesh Mohite, Paul Capewell, David Sutton   +5 more
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Evaluación de dos pruebas rápidas [NOW® ICT Malaria Pf/Pv y OptiMAL®] para el diagnóstico de paludismo en Tumaco, Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2007
Introducción. El Instituto Nacional de Salud con el fin de mejorar el acceso al diagnóstico de paludismo, evaluó dos pruebas rápidas para el diagnóstico de dicha enfermedad. Objetivo.
Nohora Marcela Mendoza, Marisol García, Liliana Jazmín Cortés, Claudia Vela, Rigoberto Erazo, Pilar Pérez, Olga Lucía Ospina, Javier Darío Burgos   +7 more
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