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A study of genetic markers in the South African Blesbok (Damaliscus Dorcas Phillipsi)

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 1972
During culling operations on blesbok from the Rietvlei Nature Reserve, 198 blood samples were obtained for study of genetic markers including haemoglobins, transferrins, amylases, albumins and carbonic anhydrases.
D. R Osterhoff, I. S Ward-Cox, Valerie Emslie   +2 more
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Tsetse and Trypanosomoses in Ghana in the Twentieth Century: a Review

Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 2003
African animal trypanosomosis, transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) is a major constraint limiting the optimal utilization of land for agricultural production in tsetse-infested areas of Ghana.
C. Mahama, H.A. Mohammed, M. Abavana, I. Sidibé, A. Koné, S. Geerts   +5 more
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TRYPANOSOMIASIS

, 2023
Trypanosomatidae ailesinden protozoonlarının neden olduğu Afrika (uyku hastalığı) ve Amerika (Chagas hastalığı) trypanosomiasis hastalıkları, sırasıyla Afrika ve Latin Amerika'nın bazı bölgelerinde endemik olarak görülmektedir.
YILDIRIM, Ahmet, Tülay, AKSOY.
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Shifting livelihood strategies in northern Nigeria - extensified production and livelihood diversification amongst Fulani pastoralists

Pastoralism, 2017
This paper presents an in-depth investigation of the livelihood strategies of Fulani pastoralists in north central Nigeria. Results show a diversified crop-livestock system aimed at spreading risk and reducing cattle offtake, adapted to natural resource ...
Ayodele O. Majekodunmi, Charles Dongkum, Tok Langs, Alexandra P. M. Shaw, Susan C. Welburn   +4 more
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Discovery, Development, Inventions and Patent Review of Fexinidazole: The First All-Oral Therapy for Human African Trypanosomiasis

Pharmaceuticals, 2022
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT or ‘sleeping sickness’) is a neglected tropical disease. If untreated, it is always fatal and leads to death. A few treatments are available for HAT, but most of them require a skilled professional, which increases the ...
Mohd Imran, Shah Alam Khan, Mohammed Kanan Alshammari, Ashwaq Muiedh Alqahtani, Turkiah Abdullah Alanazi, Mehnaz Kamal, Talha Jawaid, Mohammed M. Ghoneim, Sultan Alshehri, Faiyaz Shakeel   +9 more
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Salivarian Trypanosomes Have Adopted Intricate Host-Pathogen Interaction Mechanisms That Ensure Survival in Plain Sight of the Adaptive Immune System

Pathogens, 2021
Salivarian trypanosomes are extracellular parasites affecting humans, livestock and game animals. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are human infective sub-species of T.
Stefan Magez, Joar Esteban Pinto Torres, Seoyeon Oh, Magdalena Radwanska   +3 more
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Design and Synthesis of Cysteine Proteases Inhibitors

Proceedings, 2019
Cysteine proteases belonging to the papain superfamily have been recognized as interesting therapeutic targets for the search for new drugs against infectious tropical diseases such as malaria (falcipain), Chagas’ disease (curtain), leishmaniasis, and ...
Florenci V. Gonzalez
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Experiences with Diagnosis and Treatment of Chagas Disease at a United States Teaching Hospital—Clinical Features of Patients with Positive Screening Serologic Testing

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021
Chagas disease (CD) is the third most common parasitic infection globally and can cause cardiac and gastrointestinal complications. Around 300,000 carriers of CD live in the U.S., with about 3000 of those in Colorado.
Peter Hyson, Lilian Vargas Barahona, Laura C. Pedraza-Arévalo, Jonathan Schultz, Luisa Mestroni, Maria da Consolação Moreira, Matthew Taylor, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Esther Benamu, Poornima Ramanan, Anis Rassi, Kellie Hawkins, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez   +12 more
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Cinnamoyl-Oxaborole Amides: Synthesis and Their in Vitro Biological Activity

Molecules, 2018
Due to the increased interest in their application in the treatment of infectious diseases, boron-containing compounds have received a significant coverage in the literature.
Maureen Gumbo, Richard M. Beteck, Tawanda Mandizvo, Ronnett Seldon, Digby F. Warner, Heinrich C. Hoppe, Michelle Isaacs, Dustin Laming, Christina C. Tam, Luisa W. Cheng, Nicole Liu, Kirkwood M. Land, Setshaba D. Khanye   +12 more
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4E Interacting Protein as a Potential Novel Drug Target for Nucleoside Analogues in Trypanosoma brucei

Microorganisms, 2021
Human African trypanosomiasis is a neglected parasitic disease for which the current treatment options are quite limited. Trypanosomes are not able to synthesize purines de novo and thus solely depend on purine salvage from the host environment.
Dorien Mabille, Camila Cardoso Santos, Rik Hendrickx, Mathieu Claes, Peter Takac, Christine Clayton, Sarah Hendrickx, Fabian Hulpia, Louis Maes, Serge Van Calenbergh, Guy Caljon   +10 more
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