A doença de Chagas: repercussões de uma descoberta científica brasileira em Portugal, 1909-1924
Ler História, 2022 Currently, Chagas disease, or human American trypanosomiasis, affects around 900 people in Portugal, mostly Brazilian immigrants, the main foreign population residing in the country.
Ewerton Luiz Figueiredo Moura da Silva
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BMJ, 2002 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) is caused by two subspecies of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei: T. b. rhodesiense is prevalent in East Africa among many wild and domestic mammals; T. b. gambiense causes an anthroponosis in Central and West Africa.
August, Stich +2 more
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Insights from quantitative and mathematical modelling on the proposed 2030 goal for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) [PDF]
, 2019 Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is a parasitic, vector-borne neglected tropical disease that has historically affected populations across West and Central Africa and can result in death if untreated.
Aliee, Maryam +10 more
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Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, Angola. [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVE: To compare the cost-effectiveness of eflornithine and melarsoprol in the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. METHOD: We used data from a Médecins Sans Frontières treatment project in Caxito, Angola to do a formal cost-effectiveness ...
Adam +23 more
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Morphometric diagnosis of Glossina palpalis (Diptera: Glossinidae) population structure in Ghana
BMC Research Notes, 2017 Objective This study aimed to identify isolated population(s) of Glossina palpalis in Ghana using geometric morphometrics to evaluate variations in wing-shape and size between populations of the fly from three regions. Results Wing shape of G.
Faith Ebhodaghe +3 more
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mBio, 2021 African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma bruceiT.
Anuj Tripathi +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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Updated estimate of the duration of the meningo-encephalitic stage in gambiense human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
, 2015 Background: The duration of the stages of HAT is an important factor in epidemiological studies and intervention planning. Previously, we published estimates of the duration of the haemo-lymphatic stage 1 and meningo-encephalitic stage 2 of the ...
Chandramohan, Daniel +4 more
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Eflornithine is Safer Than Melarsoprol for the Treatment of Second-Stage Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis. [PDF]
, 2005 Patients with second-stage human African trypanosomiasis treated with eflornithine (n = 251) in 2003 in Kiri, southern Sudan, had an adjusted relative risk of death of 0.2 and experienced significantly fewer cutaneous and neurological adverse effects ...
A. Meussen +10 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: The first case report in China
International 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
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