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African Trypanosomes undermine humoral responses and vaccine development : link with inflammatory responses? [PDF]

, 2017
African trypanosomosis is a debilitating disease of great medical and socioeconomical importance. It is caused by strictly extracellular protozoan parasites capable of infecting all vertebrate classes including human, livestock, and game animals.
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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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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, Alvar, Alvar, Barrett, Barrett, Ben Salah, Berman, Bern, Brun, Brun, Burri, Chappuis, Coura, Croft, Croft, El-Sayed, Frearson, Hailu, Jacobs, Jacobs, Le Loup, Lessa, M. P. Barrett, Miranda-Verastegui, Paine, Pinazo, Priotto, Rassi, Reithinger, Rodgers, S. L. Croft, Stuart, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Sundar, Torreele, Vanhollebeke, Vincent, Voogd   +39 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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Assessment of animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) vulnerability in cattle-owning communities of sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) is one of the biggest constraints to livestock production and a threat to food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Hagos, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Mamoudou, A Miruk, A Soudré, A Sow, A Teko-Agbo, APM Shaw, C Waiswa, C. Mumba, D Grace, D Muhanguzi, EH Waaij van der, G Cecchi, G Hendrickx, G Rowlands, G. B. Napier, GA Vale, GK Fuller, H Buyst, H Simukoko, H. R. Holt, J Bouyer, J McDermott, J Woodford, J. Guitian, L Sinyangwe, M Abdoulmoumini, M Chanie, M Pinder, M Simon-Grifé, MJB Vreysen, N Machila, N Machila, NE Anderson, OD Cardona, P Bossche Van den, P Solano, PP Simarro, R Fikru, R Selby, R. Selby, S Costard, S Tasew, V Delespaux   +45 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM, Burke J, Dupont WD, Gouteux JP, Gouteux JP, Grebaut P, Magnus E, Meda AH, Mulumba PM, Noireau F, Okia M, Van Hoof L., Van Nieuwenhove S, Watsenga TN, World Health Organisation, Wyatt GB   +15 more
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Infections with extracellular trypanosomes require control by efficient innate immune mechanisms and can result in the destruction of the mammalian humoral immune system [PDF]

, 2020
Salivarian trypanosomes are extracellular parasites that affect humans, livestock, and game animals around the world. Through co-evolution with the mammalian immune system, trypanosomes have developed defense mechanisms that allow them to thrive in blood,
Magez, Stefan, Obishakin, Emmanuel Tumininu, Pinto Torres, Joar Esteban, Radwanska, Magdalena   +3 more
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