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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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Towards the Atlas of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2009
Background Updated, accurate and comprehensive information on the distribution of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is critically important to plan and monitor control activities.
Cecchi Giuliano, Simarro Pere P, Fevre, Eric M., Mattioli, Raffaele C., Ruíz, J.A., Franco José R, Cecchi, Giuliano, Raffaele C Mattioli, Abdoulaye Diarra, Paone, M., José R Franco, Mattioli Raffaele C, Ruiz, Jose A., Diarra, A., Paone, Massimo, Diarra, Abdoulaye, Paone Massimo, Massimo Paone, Franco, Jose R., José A Ruiz, Diarra Abdoulaye, Eric M Fèvre, Simarro, Pere P., Pere P Simarro, Fèvre Eric M, Franco, J.R., Cecchi, G., Giuliano Cecchi, Ruiz José A   +28 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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Melarsoprol cyclodextrin inclusion complexes as promising oral candidates for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2011
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, results from infection with the protozoan parasites <i>Trypanosoma brucei</i> (<i>T.b.</i>) <i>gambiense</i> or <i>T.b.rhodesiense</i> and is ...
Jones, A., Michael P. Barrett, Peter G E Kennedy, Bradley Barbara, Bradley, Barbara, Barrett, M. P., McCabe Christopher, Peter G. E. Kennedy, Bradley, B., Rodgers, Jean, Gettinby, George, Gettinby George, Kennedy Peter G. E., McCabe, Chris, Amy Jones, Kennedy, Peter G. E., Barrett, Michael P., Michael P Barrett, Kennedy, Peter G.E., George Gettinby, Gibaud, Stephane, Barbara Bradley, McCabe, C., Mccabe, Christopher, Jean Rodgers, Kennedy, P. G. E., Gibaud, S., Stéphane Gibaud, Rodgers, J., Rodgers Jean, Jones Amy, Jones, Amy, Christopher McCabe, Barrett Michael P., Gibaud Stéphane, Gettinby, G.   +35 more
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Focus–specific clinical profiles in human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense [PDF]

, 2010
<p><b>Background:</b> Diverse clinical features have been reported in human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) foci caused by <i>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</i> (<i>T.b.rhodesiense</i>) giving rise to the ...
Odiit, Martin, Martin Odiit, Sternberg, J.M., Sternberg, Jeremy M, Peter G E Kennedy, MacLean, Lorna M, Chisi, J.E., Chisi, John, Peter G. E. Kennedy, Lorna M MacLean, Jeremy M Sternberg, John E. Chisi, Odiit, M., Kennedy, Peter, Kennedy, P.G.E., Jeremy M. Sternberg, Lorna M. MacLean, John E Chisi, MacLean, L.M.   +18 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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Prevalence and under-detection of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis during mass screening sessions in Uganda and Sudan [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Active case detection through mass community screening is a major control strategy against human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) caused by T. brucei gambiense.
Haydon Daniel T, Chappuis, F., Cox, A.P., Cox Andrew P, Checchi Francesco, Haydon, D.T., Priotto Gerardo, Priotto, Gerardo, Checchi, Francesco, Chandramohan, Daniel, Priotto, G., Haydon, Daniel T, Cox, Andrew P, Checchi, F., Chandramohan, D., Chappuis, François, Chappuis François, Chandramohan Daniel   +17 more
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Safety, pharmacokinetic, and efficacy studies of oral DB868 in a first stage vervet monkey model of human African trypanosomiasis [PDF]

, 2013
There are no oral drugs for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness). A successful oral drug would have the potential to reduce or eliminate the need for patient hospitalization, thus reducing healthcare costs of HAT.
Arlene S. Bridges (301008), Shelley Ching, Bridges, Arlene S., Raymond E Mdachi, Brun Reto, Wang Michael Zhuo, Wang, Michael Zhuo, Wolf, Kristina K., Ching, Shelley, Arlene S Bridges, Mutuku James N., Murilla, Grace A., Paine, Mary F., Boykin, David W., James N Mutuku, Richard R Tidwell, Mohamed A Ismail, John K. Thuita (148377), Liu, Qiang, Tidwell, Richard R., Hall, James E., Mary F. Paine (148396), John K Thuita, Bridges Arlene S., Ismail Mohamed A., Mdachi, Raymond E., Qiang Liu (166143), Mdachi Raymond E., David W. Boykin (148406), Reto Brun, Reto Brun (41511), Ching Shelley, Hall, James Edwin, Shelley Ching (148404), Tidwell Richard R., Chen, Yao, Mohamed A. Ismail (418629), Boykin David W., Mutuku, James N., James Edwin Hall, Qiang Liu, Grace A Murilla, Hall James Edwin, Raymond E. Mdachi (148398), Mary F Paine, Liu Qiang, Kristina K. Wolf (418627), Michael Zhuo Wang, Thutia, John K., David W Boykin, Yao Chen (149006), Grace A. Murilla (148401), Ismail, Mohamed A., Michael Zhuo Wang (418631), Murilla Grace A., Wolf Kristina K., Kristina K Wolf, James Edwin Hall (418630), Thuita John K., James N. Mutuku (418628), Brun, Reto, Yao Chen, Thuita, John K., Richard R. Tidwell (148409), Paine Mary F., Chen Yao   +65 more
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Improvements on Restricted Insecticide Application Protocol for Control of Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis in Eastern Uganda [PDF]

, 2014
African trypanosomes constrain livestock and human health in Sub-Saharan Africa, and aggravate poverty and hunger of these otherwise largely livestock-keeping communities. To solve this, there is need to develop and use effective and cheap tsetse control
Jan Hatendorf (651760), John David Kabasa (651762), Kabasa, John David, Charles Waiswa (236117), John David Kabasa, Charles Waiswa, Hatendorf Jan, Thrusfield Michael, Muhanguzi Dennis, Susan Christina Welburn, Welburn Susan Christina, Picozzi, Kim, Waiswa, Charles, Susan Christina Welburn (573233), Jan Hatendorf, Dennis Muhanguzi, Michael Thrusfield (651761), Kabasa John David, Hattendorf, Jan, Thrusfield, Michael, Welburn, Susan Christina, Waiswa Charles, Muhanguzi, Dennis, Michael Thrusfield, Kim Picozzi (77649), Dennis Muhanguzi (651759), Hatendorf, Jan, Kim Picozzi, Picozzi Kim   +28 more
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