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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
BMJ, 2009 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies.
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Control of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Nola-Bilolo Focus, Central African Republic, 2020–2024: Outcome of Capacity Building, Improved Diagnosis and Treatment [PDF]
Journal of Parasitology ResearchThis study is aimed at evaluating the inclusion of miniature anion-exchange centrifugation technique (mAECT) in the diagnosis and fexinidazole as treatment of gHAT in Central African Republic (CAR) after capacity building.
Pierre-Marie Douzima +4 more
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Stage progression and neurological symptoms in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness: role of the CNS inflammatory response [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Human African trypanosomiasis progresses from an early (hemolymphatic) stage, through CNS invasion to the late (meningoencephalitic) stage.
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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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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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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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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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Hepatocyte-derived IL-10 plays a crucial role in attenuating pathogenicity during the chronic phase of T. congolense infection [PDF]
, 2020 Bovine African Trypanosomosis is an infectious parasitic disease affecting livestock productivity and thereby impairing the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa. The most important trypanosome species implicated is T.
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