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More Timely Response to Outbreaks of Zoonotic Compared to Non‐Zoonotic Diseases in Animals in Tanzania

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 4, July 2025.
A timeliness metrics analysis study was carried out in Tanzania. A total of 98 disease outbreaks were recorded. The time taken to detect, verify and respond to zoonotic diseases was shorter than the time for non‐zoonotic diseases. More investment should be done for the timely management of disease in Tanzania.
Esron Karimuribo, Veronica Masawe, Lars Eik Olav, Doreen Ndossi, Ann‐Katrin Llarena, Calvin Sindato   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

African trypanosomes

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
African trypanosomes cause human African trypanosomiasis and animal African trypanosomiasis. They are transmitted by tsetse flies in sub-Saharan Africa.
Mathieu Cayla, Federico Rojas, Eleanor Silvester, Frank Venter, Keith R. Matthews   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Primate APOL1 Variant That Kills Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
Humans are protected against infection from most African trypanosomes by lipoprotein complexes present in serum that contain the trypanolytic pore-forming protein, Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1).
Anneli Cooper, Paul Capewell, Caroline Clucas, Nicola Veitch, William Weir, Russell Thomson, Jayne Raper, Annette MacLeod   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pandemic Prevention Paradigms: Understanding Global Health Governance

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
One Health is an emerging area of integrative studies and interventions aimed at preventing zoonotic diseases by addressing human, animal, and environmental interactions. A fundamental aspect of the concept is understanding how these interactions influence health outcomes among humans, animals, and ecosystems. Developed initially to respond to the need
Soheil Sadr, Cinzia Santucciu, Valentina Chisu, Narges Lotfalizadeh, Shakiba Nazemian, Negin Esfandiari, Ashkan Hajjafari, Helia Sepahvand, Abbas Rahdar, Sadanand Pandey, Hassan Borji   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Burden of Human African Trypanosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2008
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, or sleeping sickness) is a protozoan parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense or Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. These are neglected tropical diseases, and T.b. rhodesiense HAT is a zoonosis. We review current knowledge on the burden of HAT in sub-Saharan Africa, with an emphasis on the disability ...
Fèvre, Eric M., Wissmann, B.V., Welburn, S.C., Lutumba, P.   +3 more
openaire   +7 more sources

Molecular epidemiology of African sleeping sickness [PDF]

, 2009
Human sleeping sickness in Africa, caused by Trypanosoma brucei spp. raises a number of questions. Despite the widespread distribution of the tsetse vectors and animal trypanosomiasis, human disease is only found in discrete foci which periodically give ...
A. TAIT, G. HIDE, Gibson, Hide, Mehlitz, Morrison   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Cost analysis of options for management of African Animal Trypanosomiasis using interventions targeted at cattle in Tororo District; south-eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Tsetse-transmitted African trypanosomes cause both nagana (African animal Trypanosomiasis-AAT) and sleeping sickness (human African Trypanosomiasis - HAT) across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dennis Muhanguzi, Walter O. Okello, John D. Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Alexandra P.M. Shaw   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anti-Trypanosomal Proteasome Inhibitors Cure Hemolymphatic and Meningoencephalic Murine Infection Models of African Trypanosomiasis

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020
Current anti-trypanosomal therapies suffer from problems of longer treatment duration, toxicity and inadequate efficacy, hence there is a need for safer, more efficacious and ‘easy to use’ oral drugs.
Srinivasa P S Rao, Suresh B Lakshminarayana, Jan Jiricek, Marcel Kaiser, Ryan Ritchie, Elmarie Myburgh, Frantisek Supek, Tove Tuntland, Advait Nagle, Valentina Molteni, Pascal Mäser, Jeremy C Mottram, Michael P Barrett, Thierry T Diagana   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Threat of Zoonotic Infections in Abattoir Workers in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana: An Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
Most abattoir workers (90.2%) knew that humans can get zoonotic diseases from the animals they handle. However, some respondents believe that witchcraft (20.0%), curses (20.8%) and supernatural powers (18.0%) cause zoonotic diseases. ABSTRACT Background Abattoir workers are more prone to acquiring zoonotic diseases.
Benjamin Nuhu Tingbani, Ezekiel Kofi Vicar, Stephen Apanga, Elijah Bisuman Sambian, Samuel Tamanyian Suuk, Edmond Nakinpaak Biibantib, Williams Walana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regulator experiences of trials during Ebola epidemics in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 30, Issue 6, Page 539-546, June 2025.
Abstract Introduction During the 2014–2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the Ebola outbreaks between 2018 and 2020 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, vaccines and other tools for prevention and treatment had to be taken through trials in exceptional circumstances using accelerated processes.
Kambale Kasonia, Frank Baiden, Frédéric Le Marcis, Bruno Lapika, Joel Kiyulu, Henri Kimina, Freddy Bikioli, Fanny Attas, Anthony Mansaray, Rose Burns, Elysée Nouvet, Séverine Thys, Antea Paviotti, Daniela Manno, Mukeh Kenneth Fahnbulleh, Bailah Leigh, Mohamed Samai, Brian Greenwood, Shelley Lees, Patrick Mitashi Mulopo, Deborah Watson‐Jones   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source