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Diversity of tsetse flies and trypanosome species circulating in the area of Lake Iro in southeastern Chad

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background African trypanosomiases are vector-borne diseases that affect humans and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa. Although data have been collected on tsetse fauna as well as trypanosome infections in tsetse flies and mammals in foci of sleeping ...
Djoukzoumka Signaboubo, Vincent Khan Payne, Ibrahim Mahamat Alhadj Moussa, Hassane Mahamat Hassane, Petra Berger, Soerge Kelm, Gustave Simo   +6 more
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Evidence-based advice on timing and location of tsetse control measures in Shimba Hills National reserve, Kenya.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Controlling tsetse flies is critical for effective management of African trypanosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa. To enhance timely and targeted deployment of tsetse control strategies a better understanding of their temporal dynamics is paramount.
Stella Gachoki, Thomas A Groen, Anton Vrieling, Andrew Skidmore, Daniel Masiga   +4 more
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Spatial analysis of G.f.fuscipes abundance in Uganda using Poisson and Zero-Inflated Poisson regression models

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Background Tsetse flies are the major vectors of human trypanosomiasis of the form Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T.b.gambiense. They are widely spread across the sub-Saharan Africa and rendering a lot of challenges to both human and animal health ...
Albert Mugenyi, Dennis Muhanguzi, Guy Hendrickx, Gaëlle Nicolas, Charles Waiswa, Steve Torr, Susan Christina Welburn, Peter M. Atkinson   +7 more
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The Fantastic Voyage of the Trypanosome: A Protean Micromachine Perfected during 500 Million Years of Engineering

Micromachines, 2018
The human body is constantly attacked by pathogens. Various lines of defence have evolved, among which the immune system is principal. In contrast to most pathogens, the African trypanosomes thrive freely in the blood circulation, where they escape ...
Timothy Krüger, Markus Engstler
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Experimental evaluation of xenodiagnosis to detect trypanosomes at low parasitaemia levels in infected hosts

Parasite, 2011
In Human African Trypanosomosis (HAT) endemic areas, there are a number of subjects that are positive to serological tests but in whom trypanosomes are difficult to detect with the available parasitological tests.
Wombou Toukam C.M., Solano P., Bengaly Z., Jamonneau V., Bucheton B.   +4 more
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Crocodiles and Tsetse-flies [PDF]

Nature, 1909
MY attention has been directed to a paper read before the Royal Society of Arts by Mr. James Cantlie on January 27 called “The Part played by Vermin in the Spread of Disease,” published in the society's journal (January 29, pp. 202–4). Mr. Cantlie is there reported to have said:—“In sleeping sickness the disease is transmitted by the tsetse-fly, and ...
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Investigating the unaccounted ones: insights on age-dependent reproductive loss in a viviparous fly

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Most empirical and theoretical studies on reproductive senescence focus on observable attributes of offspring produced, such as size or postnatal survival. While harder to study, an important outcome of reproduction for a breeding individual is whether a
Sinead English, Antoine M. G. Barreaux, Antoine M. G. Barreaux, Antoine M. G. Barreaux, Robert Leyland, Jennifer S. Lord, John W. Hargrove, Glyn A. Vale, Lee R. Haines, Lee R. Haines   +9 more
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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the tsetse species Glossina brevipalpis and preliminary population genetics analyses

Parasite, 2023
Tsetse flies, the vectors of African trypanosomes are of key medical and economic importance and one of the constraints for the development of Africa.
Gstöttenmayer Fabian, Moyaba Percy, Rodriguez Montse, Mulandane Fernando C., Mucache Hermógenes N., Neves Luis, De Beer Chantel, Ravel Sophie, De Meeûs Thierry, Mach Robert L., Vreysen Marc J. B., Abd-Alla Adly M.M.   +11 more
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Trapping tsetse flies on water

Parasite, 2011
Riverine tsetse flies such as Glossina palpalis gambiensis and G. tachinoides are the vectors of human and animal trypanosomoses in West Africa. Despite intimate links between tsetse and water, to our knowledge there has never been any attempt to design ...
Laveissière C., Camara M., Rayaisse J.B., Salou E., Kagbadouno M., Solano P.   +5 more
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Developing a national atlas to support the progressive control of tsetse-transmitted animal trypanosomosis in Kenya

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is a major livestock disease in Kenya. Even though, over the years various organizations have collected a vast amount of field data on tsetse and AAT in different parts of the country, recent national-level ...
Nancy N. Ngari, Daniel O. Gamba, Pamela A. Olet, Weining Zhao, Massimo Paone, Giuliano Cecchi   +5 more
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