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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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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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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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mBio, 2021 African trypanosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma bruceiT.
Anuj Tripathi +7 more
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Clinical management of East African trypanosomiasis in South Africa: Lessons learned
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background: East African trypanosomiasis is an uncommon, potentially lethal disease if not diagnosed and treated in a timely manner. South Africa, as a centre for emergency medical evacuations from much of sub-Saharan Africa, receives a high proportion ...
John Frean +4 more
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Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly known as sleeping sickness, remains a significant health threat in sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria, the challenges of diagnosing and treating HAT are profound, especially in resource-constrained, remote areas.
Kelly Zongo, Rolayo Toyin Emmanuel
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Molecular epidemiological studies on animal trypanosomiases in Ghana
Parasites & Vectors, 2012 Background African trypanosomes are extracellular protozoan parasites that are transmitted between mammalian hosts by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Nakayima Jesca +5 more
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BMJ, 2002 The re-emergence of sleeping sickness presents a major public health problem Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is one of the most important but equally most neglected tropical infections. It is caused by a protozoan, Trypanosoma brucei ,which is transmitted to humans through the bite of a tsetse fly ( Glossina spp).1 Patchy ...
August, Stich +2 more
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Toward the elimination of HAT in Nigeria: leaving no community behind
International Journal of Infectious DiseasesObjectives: Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a tsetse fly-borne neglected tropical disease that affects underserved rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rolayo T. Emmanuel +2 more
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Sleeping Sickness at the Crossroads
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a disease with truly historic dimensions [...]
Christian Burri
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