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Screening strategies for a sustainable endpoint for Gambiense sleeping sickness [PDF]

, 2020
Background. Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT, sleeping sickness) is a vector-borne disease typically fatal without treatment. Intensified, mainly medical-based, interventions in endemic areas have reduced the occurrence of gHAT to ...
Aliee, Maryam, Castaño, Soledad, Chitnis, Nakul, Keeling, Matthew James, Miaka, Erick Mwamba, Rock, Kat S.   +5 more
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Coexistence through sustainable conservation strategies for sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii in African ecosystems

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, January 2025.
Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekii is an antelope species adapted to the dense swamps and marshes of Sub‐Saharan Africa, where traditional population survey techniques have been ineffective and encountered difficulties in making estimations. The species formerly occurred alongside waterways throughout the lowland forest zone of West and central Africa ...
Gabriel Mayengo, Anibariki Ngonyoka, Bakari Mtili, Fredrick Ojija, Marco E. Mng'ong'o   +4 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, Chappuis, François, Checchi, Francesco, Funk, Sebastian, Haydon, Daniel T.   +4 more
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Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: A Review of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests in Ethiopia and East Africa, With Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Climate change significantly threatens global agriculture, with East Africa, particularly Ethiopia, being highly vulnerable due to its reliance on rain‐fed farming. This review investigates the effects of climate change on plant diseases and insect pests, underscoring the urgent need for adaptation and mitigation measures. Ethiopia’s observable climate
Alemu Nega, Ijaz Ahmad
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Plasma neuronal specific enolase : a potential stage diagnostic marker in human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2014
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Mitchell, Julia A, Sternberg, Jeremy M
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Husbandry Practice and Performances of Local and Crossbred Dairy Cows in Kacha Birra District, Central Ethiopia

International Journal of Zoology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
The study was conducted with the objective of assessing the smallholder dairy cattle production practices and constraints in Kacha Birra district, Central Ethiopia. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the study kebeles and households in the district. A total of 162 households were interviewed in the study.
Melese Gebre, Seifu Birhanu, Yilkal Tadele, Giovanni Buonaiuto   +3 more
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T. brucei cathepsin-L increases arrhythmogenic sarcoplasmic reticulum-mediated calcium release in rat cardiomyocytes [PDF]

, 2013
Aims: African trypanosomiasis, caused by Trypanosoma brucei species, leads to both neurological and cardiac dysfunction and can be fatal if untreated. While the neurological-related pathogenesis is well studied, the cardiac pathogenesis remains unknown ...
Abdulla, Amanda A. Panissidi, Andy Tait, Barr, Berriman, Bertrand, Blum, Blum, Bode, Chappuis, Charlotte L. Rossor, Christopher M. Loughrey, Claire E. Welsh, Douglas McCarroll, Elliott, Elspeth B. Elliott, Franco-Paredes, Godfrey L. Smith, Grab, Grab, Hidron, Hisashi Hasumi, Jeremy C. Mottram, Jones, Kohlhaas, Legros, Liam J. Morrison, Loughrey, Morrison, Nathaniel G. Jones, Nikolskaia, O'Neill, Picht, Poltera, Poltera, Steverding, Venetucci   +36 more
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Molecular identification of different trypanosome species and subspecies in tsetse flies of northern Nigeria [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is caused by several species of trypanosomes including Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. godfreyi, T. simiae and T. brucei. Two of the subspecies of T. brucei also cause Human African Trypanosomiasis.
Ciosi, Marc, Dede, Peter, Hamilton, Alana, Igbinosa, Igho Benjamin, Isaac, Clement, Masiga, Dan, Nmorsi, Oyebiguwa Patrick Goddey, Scullion, Kathleen Maria, Turner, C. Michael R.   +8 more
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Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax: Its biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and introduction in the New World - a review [PDF]

, 2008
The biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques, and history of the introduction of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax in the New World are reviewed.
Desquesnes, Marc, Gonçalves da Costa, Sylvio Celso, Madruga, Claudio Roberto, Osorio, Ana Luiza Alves Rosa, Ribeiro, Laura Raquel Rios, Soares, Cleber Oliveira   +5 more
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Human African Trypanosomiasis: Real Obstacles to Elimination [PDF]

, 2009
presented at: 5ème Congrès International de Pathologie Infectieuse et Parasitaire - en présence du Ministre de la Santé, Kinshasa, DRC, November 2009Significant progress has been made in controlling human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) caused by T.b ...
Serge Kazadi, Michel Quere, Jacqueline Tong, Claude Mahoudeau, François Chappuis
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