Comparative clinico-haematological analysis in young Zebu cattle experimentally infected with Trypanosoma vivax isolates from tsetse infested and non-tsetse infested areas of Northwest Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Ethiopia, particularly in the Northwest region, is affected by both tsetse and non-tsetse fly transmitted trypanosomosis, with significant impact on livestock productivity. The aim of this study was to determine and compare clinical findings
Abebe, Getachew +5 more
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Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness [PDF]
, 2009 Human sleeping sickness in Africa, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. raises a number of questions. Despite the widespread distribution of the tsetse vectors and animal trypanosomiasis, human disease is only found in discrete foci which periodically give ...
A. TAIT +5 more
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of trypanosome prevalence in tsetse flies [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The optimisation of trypanosomosis control programs warrants a good knowledge of the main vector of animal and human trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa, the tsetse fly.
Abdi, Reta D +6 more
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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. +4 more
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Through the dark continent: African trypanosome development in the tsetse fly [PDF]
, 2013 African trypanosomes are unicellular flagellated parasites causing trypanosomiases in Africa, a group of severe diseases also known as sleeping sickness in human and nagana in cattle.
Rotureau, Brice, Van Den Abbeele, Jan
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Mass Drug Administration and beyond: how can we strengthen health systems to deliver complex interventions to eliminate neglected tropical diseases? [PDF]
, 2015 Achieving the 2020 goals for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) requires scale-up of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) which will require long-term commitment of national and global financing partners, strengthening national capacity and, at the community ...
Adams, ER +10 more
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Chemotherapy of Human African Trypanosomiasis
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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International Journal of Infectious DiseasesIntroduction: The development of neurological disorders following trypanosome brain infection has been recognised for over a century. However, an ongoing endeavour persists to comprehensively understand the neurocognitive and neuropathological changes ...
Dr Oluwashola Olaolu +7 more
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Risk for Human African Trypanosomiasis, Central Africa, 2000–2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 Comprehensive georeference records for human African trypanosomiasis in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon were combined with human population layers to estimate a kernel-smoothed relative risk function.
Pere P. Simarro +8 more
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