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African Trypanosomiasis Gambiense, Italy
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense has not been reported in Italy. We report 2 cases diagnosed in the summer of 2004. Theses cases suggest an increased risk for expatriates working in trypanosomiasis-endemic countries.
Zeno Bisoffi +7 more
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Evaluating paratransgenesis as a potential control strategy for African trypanosomiasis. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013 Genetic-modification strategies are currently being developed to reduce the transmission of vector-borne diseases, including African trypanosomiasis. For tsetse, the vector of African trypanosomiasis, a paratransgenic strategy is being considered: this ...
Jan Medlock +4 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background In South Sudan, sleeping sickness is a frequent condition caused by human African trypanosomiasis. There are two stages that are well-known.
Etedal Ahmed A. Ibrahim +4 more
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Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2006 Trypanosomiasis remains one of the most serious constraints to economic development in sub-Saharan Africa and, as a consequence, related research has been subject to strong social and political as well as scientific influences. The epidemics of sleeping sickness that occurred at the turn of the 20th Century focussed research efforts on what became ...
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is a fatal disease commonly known as Nagana in cattle and sleeping sickness in humans. The disease threatens food security and has severe economic impact in Africa including most parts of Zambia.
Gloria M. Mulenga +5 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background There have been many prediction studies for imported infectious diseases, employing air-travel volume or the importation risk (IR) index, which is the product of travel-volume and disease burden in the source countries, as major predictors ...
Kyung-Duk Min +4 more
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Transmission concomitante de trypanosomose humaine et animale : le foyer de Mandoul au Tchad
Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2014 La trypanosomose est une maladie qui affecte à la fois l’homme et les animaux. Elle est provoquée par Trypanosoma sp. et cycliquement transmise par un vecteur, la glossine.
Peka Mallaye +4 more
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Current Treatments to Control African Trypanosomiasis and One Health Perspective
Microorganisms, 2022 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) and Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) are neglected tropical diseases generally caused by the same etiological agent, Trypanosoma brucei.
Alberto Venturelli +9 more
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Virulence, 2023 African trypanosomes are vector-borne protozoa, which cause significant human and animal disease across sub-Saharan Africa, and animal disease across Asia and South America.
Liam J. Morrison +3 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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