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Parasites & VectorsBackground Insect cell lines play a vital role in many aspects of research on disease vectors and agricultural pests. The tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans is an important vector of salivarian trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa and, as such, is a ...
Lesley Bell-Sakyi +8 more
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Sodalis glossinidius prevalence and trypanosome presence in tsetse from Luambe National Park, Zambia
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Tsetse flies are the biological vectors of African trypanosomes, the causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals. The tsetse endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius has been suggested to play a role in tsetse susceptibility
Jonny W Dennis +5 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 +15 more
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Benefit-Cost Analysis and Socio-Economic Considerations of Trypanosomiasis Control and Treatment in Northern Ghana [PDF]
The paper estimates the cost of tsetse control and treatment of trypanosomiasis and the benefits involved, using benefit-cost analysis. It also estimates the extent to which socio-economic characteristics of farmers affect the use of tsetse control ...
Asuming-Brempong, Samuel, Wahab, S.
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Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Tsetse flies (Genus: Glossina) are the sole cyclical vectors of African trypanosomoses. Despite their economic and public health impacts in sub-Saharan Africa, it has been decades since the latest distribution maps at the continental level ...
Giuliano Cecchi +4 more
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The system of genetic exchange in Trypanosoma brucei and other trypanosomatids [PDF]
, 2007 In this chapter, we discuss our current understanding of the systems of genetic exchange in trypanosomatids and the im-pact the recent genome projects have had on this area of research.
MacLeod, A., Tait, A., Turner, C.M.R.
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Remote sensing for control of tsetse flies [PDF]
Remotely sensed information is discussed which has potential for aiding in the control or eradication of tsetse flies. Data are available from earth resources meteorological, and manned satellites, from airborne sensors, and possibly from data collection
Giddings, L. E.
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Have tsetse flies disappeared from Brazzaville town? [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2009 Background: From 1980 to 1985, the zoological park of Brazzaville was the only tsetse resting site located in downtown which supplied others temporary sites.
Patrick Bitsindou +3 more
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Nature, 1896 IN the excellent review of the Tsetse fly-disease, which appeared in NATURE of April 16, Mr. Walter F. H. Blandford accepts with some reserve the observation made by Dr. David Bruce, that the fly is viviparous “as the fly has not yet been bred from the puparium.”
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Trypanosoma equiperdum in the horse : a neglected threat? [PDF]
, 2018 Dourine is a contagious disease caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum that is transmitted directly from animal to animal during coitus. Dourine is known as an important disease in many countries, and it threatens equidae worldwide.
Ahmed, Y +6 more
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