Long-term follow-up of a patient since the acute phase of Chagas disease (South American trypanosomiasis): further treatment and cure of the infection [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015 A woman had been followed since 1957 for acute phase Chagas disease. Parasitological and serological tests were positive, and treatment included benznidazole in 1974.
João Carlos Pinto Dias +2 more
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Purified Trypanosoma cruzi specific glycoprotein for discriminative serological diagnosis of South American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1990 F. Guhl
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Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems [PDF]
, 2012 <p>Background: The importance of wildlife as reservoirs of African trypanosomes pathogenic to man and livestock is well recognised. While new species of trypanosomes and their variants have been identified in tsetse populations, our knowledge of ...
Barbara Mable +11 more
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Plant Terpenoids as Hit Compounds against Trypanosomiasis
Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) are vector-borne neglected tropical diseases, caused by the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi, respectively.
Raquel Durão +4 more
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Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose, Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
EDIS, 2013 The eastern bloodsucking conenose belongs to the subfamily Triatominae, known as the kissing bugs. Despite their affectionate vernacular name, they are particularly threatening “assassin bugs” who require blood meals to survive and reproduce. They are a
John L. Capinera
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Scientometric analysis of global trypanosomiasis research: 1988–2017
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2020 Background and objectives: This study provides a longitudinal scientometric analysis of global trypanosomiasis research between 1988 and 2017 as indexed in Clarivate Analytics’ Web of Science (WoS).
Musa Dauda Hassan +2 more
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A NEW PCR-RFLP FOR SPECIES-SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS OF SOUTH AMERICAN ANIMAL TRYPANOSOMIASIS [PDF]
American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 2014 The diagnosis of animal trypanosomiasis in field sa mples is currently based on clinical suspicion and less frequently on traditional parasitological methods c haracterized by their very low sensitivity, especia lly in the subacute and chronic phase of the infection. Molecular tools such as Polymerase Chain Reaction have been shown to reach the highest
García Sánchez, Liliana Torcoroma +3 more
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American Trypanosomiasis Infection in Fattening Pigs from the South‐East of Mexico [PDF]
Zoonoses and Public Health, 2012 SummaryAmerican Trypanosomiasis (AT) is an infectious parasitic disease produced by the protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). Infection is acquired by vectorial via but can also be transmitted congenitally, by ingestion of an infected host, by transfusion with contaminated blood or transplant of organs from an infected donor.
M, Jiménez-Coello +3 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis : the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases [PDF]
, 2020 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense and caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Due to effective control programs implemented in the last two decades, the number of reported
Gao, J-M +5 more
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Management of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis [PDF]
, 2012 <p>Background: The current treatments for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), Chagas disease and leishmaniasis (collectively referred to as the kinetoplastid diseases) are far from ideal but, for some, there has been significant recent progress ...
Alsford +39 more
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