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Two New Antiprotozoal Diterpenes From the Roots of Acacia nilotica

Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021
The powdered roots of the medicinal plant Acacia nilotica were extracted with hexane and ethyl acetate, and the extracts were subjected to column chromatography for the isolation of potentially bioactive compounds and their screening against ...
John V. Anyam, Priscilla E. Daikwo, Marzuq A. Ungogo, Marzuq A. Ungogo, Nwakaego E. Nweze, Ngozichukwuka P. Igoli, Alexander I. Gray, Harry P. De Koning, John O. Igoli   +8 more
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Trypanotolerance Sheko cattle: an option for sustainable control of bovine trypanosomiasis

Open Veterinary Science, 2021
Trypanosomiasis is an impediment to cattle production and other agricultural development in tsetse-infested areas. It is a severe parasitic disease that causes loss in the production and performance of cattle.
Robi Dereje Tulu, Hurrisa Beksisa Urge, Gelalcha Benti Deresa   +2 more
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Phytochemical Screening, GC-MS Analysis, and Evaluating In Vivo Antitrypanosomal Effects of a Methanolic Extract of Garcinia kola Nuts on Rats

Antibiotics, 2023
Trypanosomiasis is a serious disease that affects both humans and animals, causing social and economic losses. Efforts to find new therapeutic approaches are warranted to improve treatment options.
Fatihu Ahmad Rufa’i, Daniel Baecker, Muhammad Dauda Mukhtar   +2 more
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Extravascular Dermal Trypanosomes in Suspected and Confirmed Cases of gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background The diagnosis of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) typically involves 2 steps: a serological screen, followed by the detection of living trypanosome parasites in the blood or lymph node aspirate.
M. Camara, Alseny M'mah Soumah, H. Ilboudo, C. Travaillé, C. Clucas, Anneli Cooper, Nono-Raymond Kuispond Swar, Oumou M. Camara, I. Sadissou, Estefanía Calvo Alvarez, A. Crouzols, J. Bart, V. Jamonneau, M. Camara, A. MacLeod, B. Bucheton, B. Rotureau   +16 more
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Experiences of the one-health approach by the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and its secretariat in the control of zoonotic sleeping sickness in Uganda

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2020
Elimination of sleeping sickness from endemic countries like Uganda is key if the affected communities are to exploit the potential of the available human and livestock resources (production and productivity). Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, the parasite
C. Waiswa, R. Azuba, J. Makeba, I.C. Waiswa, R.M. Wangoola   +4 more
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Recent progress in diagnosis and treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis has made the elimination of this disease a realistic target by 2030

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by unicellular flagellated protozoan parasites of the genus Trypanosoma brucei. The subspecies T. b. gambiense is mainly responsible for mostly chronic anthroponotic infections in West- and Central Africa ...
Andrés Álvarez-Rodríguez, Andrés Álvarez-Rodríguez, Bo-Kyung Jin, Magdalena Radwanska, Magdalena Radwanska, Stefan Magez, Stefan Magez, Stefan Magez   +7 more
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Factors Affecting Sustainable Animal Trypanosomosis Control in Parts of Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
This study examined the factors affecting sustainable trypanosomiasis control in parts of Kaduna State within the sub-humid savannah ecological zone of Nigeria.  Focus group discussions were held with herdsmen and herd owners (n=85).
Hudu Okankhamame Osue
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Transmission concomitante de trypanosomose humaine et animale : le foyer de Mandoul au Tchad

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2014
La trypanosomose est une maladie qui affecte à la fois l’homme et les animaux. Elle est provoquée par Trypanosoma sp. et cycliquement transmise par un vecteur, la glossine.
Peka Mallaye, L. Kohagne Tongué, N. Ndeledje, F. J. Louis, H. Mahamat Hassane   +4 more
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Controlling Tsetse Flies and Ticks Using Insecticide Treatment of Cattle in Tororo District Uganda: Cost Benefit Analysis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Background: The endemic vector-borne diseases transmitted by tsetse and ticks impose heavy burdens on the livestock keepers in Africa. Applying deltamethrin to the belly, legs, and ears of cattle offers a possibility of mitigating these losses at a cost ...
Walter O. Okello, Walter O. Okello, Ewan T. MacLeod, Dennis Muhanguzi, Dennis Muhanguzi, Charles Waiswa, Charles Waiswa, Charles Waiswa, Susan C. Welburn, Susan C. Welburn   +9 more
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Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Glossina populations in Nigeria and the Cameroonian border region

BMC Microbiology, 2018
Background Tsetse flies are vectors of trypanosomes, parasites that cause devastating disease in humans and livestock. In the course of vector control programmes it is necessary to know about the Glossina species present in the study area, the population
Stephen Saikiu Shaida, Judith Sophie Weber, Thaddeus Terlumun Gbem, Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Usman Baba Musa, Mbunkha Daniel Achukwi, Mohammed Mamman, Iliya Shehu Ndams, Jonathan Andrew Nok, Soerge Kelm   +9 more
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