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The Pathogenesis of African Trypanosomiasis.
Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease, 2022 African trypanosomes are bloodstream protozoan parasites that infect mammals including humans, where they cause sleeping sickness. Long-lasting infection is required to favor parasite transmission between hosts.
E. Pays, M. Radwanska, S. Magez
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Human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]
The Lancet, 2010 Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies. Almost all cases are due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is indigenous to west and central Africa.
R. Brun +3 more
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Atoxyl and Trypanosomiasis [PDF]
Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 1908 (1908). Atoxyl and Trypanosomiasis. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology: Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-32.
Rubert Boyce, A. Breinl
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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.
P. Büscher +3 more
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Identification of Ethno-veterinary Practices for Animal Diseases in Assosa Zone, Benishangul-Gumuz Region. [PDF]
Vet Med SciABSTRACT Ethno‐veterinary medicine is the use of traditional knowledge, theory, and skill to mitigate animal diseases. The study was conducted to document veterinary use of medicinal herbs in Assosa Zone, Ethiopia, from September 2022 to July 2023. Data collected from individual based field interviews using a semi‐structured questionnaire.
Yirdaw B.
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In Vitro Leishmanicidal Efficacy of Synthesized Arylidene Analogues of Glitazone. [PDF]
Drug Dev ResABSTRACT Diabetes is a fast‐growing health issue in low‐ and middle‐income countries, with ~80% of diabetics living in the tropics and sub‐tropics. It is a deadly condition claiming the lives of millions of individuals annually, with no therapeutic treatment available to date. The management of diabetes is thus limited to symptomatic relief by glycemic
Aucamp J +4 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 Background In the 20th century, epidemics of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ravaged communities in a number of African countries. The latest surge in disease transmission was recorded in the late 1990s, with more than 35,000 cases reported annually ...
J. Franco +8 more
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Current Treatments to Control African Trypanosomiasis and One Health Perspective
Microorganisms, 2022 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) and Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) are neglected tropical diseases generally caused by the same etiological agent, Trypanosoma brucei.
A. Venturelli +9 more
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