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The Significance of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Parasitic Infections Involving the Central Nervous System

Pathogens, 2013
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) represent a large family of over twenty different secreted or membrane-bound endopeptidases, involved in many physiological (embryogenesis, precursor or stem cell mobilization, tissue remodeling during wound healing, etc.)
Fabrizio Bruschi, Barbara Pinto
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Immunomodulatory activity of Buchholzia coriacea seed methanol extract on Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected mice

Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017
Context: The seeds of Buchholzia coriacea Engler (Capparaceae) are used in Eastern Nigeria to treat feverish conditions, and to treat malaria and sleeping sickness that cause fever.
James I. Eze, Chioma F. Ekelozie, Nwakego E. Nweze   +2 more
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Epidemiological investigation of bovine trypanosomosis in Bedele district, Buno Bedele zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2021
A cross-sectional study was conducted in December 2018 in four purposively selected villages of Bedele district, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia.
Efrem Degneh, Tesfu Kassa, Nigatu Kebede, Zerihun Asefa   +3 more
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Deltamethrin 10%-Impregnated Screens Pitched in a Tsetse Endemic Area in the Sudano-Sahelian Region of Cameroon Reduce Tsetse Fly Density and Trypanosomosis Incidence

Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, 2016
A field trial was conducted in order to evaluate the efficacy of Deltamethrin-impregnated screens in a tsetse endemic zone in Cameroon over a period of 26 months (September 2011 to October 2013).
Mamoudou ABDOULMOUMINI, Sevidzem Silas LENDZELE, Jean Marc FEUSSOM, Abdoulay MFEWOU   +3 more
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Improved Methods for the Diagnosis of African Trypanosomosis [PDF]

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
The diagnosis of trypanosomosis in animals with low parasitaemia is hampered by low diagnostic sensitivity of traditional detection methods. An immunodiagnostic method based on a direct sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), using monoclonal antibodies, has been examined in a number of African laboratories for its suitability for ...
D. E. Rebeski, E. M. Winger, B. Rogovic, M. M. Robinson, J. R. Crowther, R. H. Dwinger   +5 more
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Detection of trypanosomes in small ruminants and pigs in western Kenya: important reservoirs in the epidemiology of sleeping sickness?

, 2005
Background Trypanosomosis is a major impediment to livestock farming in sub-Saharan Africa and limits the full potential of agricultural development in the 36 countries where it is endemic.
Musa O Ng'ayo, Zablon K Njiru, Eucharia U Kenya, Njiru, Z.K., Ellie O Osir, Kenya, E.U., Masiga, D.K., Geoffrey M Muluvi, Osir, E.O., Muluvi, G.M., Daniel K Masiga, Ng'ayo, M.O.   +11 more
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Aceturato de diminazeno e dipropionato de imidocarb no controle de infecção por Trypanosoma evansi em Rattus norvegicus infectados experimentalmente Diminazene aceturate and imidocarb dipropionate in the control of Trypanosoma evansi infection in Rattus norvegicus experimentally infected

Ciência Rural, 2008
Este estudo teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito do aceturato de diminazeno e do dipropionato de imidocarb no controle da infecção por Trypanosoma evansi em ratos (Rattus norvegicus) infectados experimentalmente.
Aleksandro Schafer da Silva, Camila Tochetto, Régis Adriel Zanette, Felipe Pierezan, Daniel Ricardo Rissi, Janio Morais Santurio, Silvia Gonzalez Monteiro   +6 more
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Trypanosomosis in Dromedary Camels in the Pastoral Areas of the Guji Zone in Ethiopia

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2023
Camel trypanosomosis is a life-threatening disease with adverse effects on camel health, production, and working efficiency. Despite this, camel trypanosomosis has received much less attention in Ethiopia compared with the disease in cattle and other ...
Gossa Alemu, Rahmeto Abebe
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Camel Trypanosomosis in Yabelo and Gomole Districts in Ethiopia: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Based on Parasitological Examinations

Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 2021
Oljirra Rafu,1 Dereje Tulu,2 Chaluma Negera1 1Southwest Shoa Zone Livestock Development and Fishery Office, Woliso, Ethiopia; 2Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Tepi Agricultural Research Center, Tepi, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Dereje ...
Rafu O, Tulu D, Negera C
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Immune Response of Cattle Infected with African Trypanosomes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
Trypanosomosis is the most economically important disease constraint to livestock productivity in sub-Saharan Africa and has significant negative impact in other parts of the world.
Katherine A Taylor, Bea Mertens
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