A receptor for the complement regulator factor H increases transmission of trypanosomes to tsetse flies. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Persistent pathogens have evolved to avoid elimination by the mammalian immune system including mechanisms to evade complement. Infections with African trypanosomes can persist for years and cause human and animal disease throughout sub-Saharan Africa ...
Macleod OJS +16 more
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Spatial Distribution of Tsetse Flies and Trypanosome Infection Status in a Vector Genetic Transition Zone in Northern Uganda [PDF]
Journal of Parasitology Research, 2022 Background. Tsetse flies are vectors of the genus Trypanosoma that cause African trypanosomiasis, a serious parasitic disease of people and animals. Reliable data on the vector distribution and the trypanosome species they carry is pertinent for planning
Robert Opiro +9 more
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Vegetation and the importance of insecticide-treated target siting for control of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes [PDF]
, 2011 Control of tsetse flies using insecticide-treated targets is often hampered by vegetation re-growth and encroachment which obscures a target and renders it less effective. Potentially this is of particular concern for the newly developed small targets (0.
A Shaw +27 more
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BMC Microbiology, 2018 Research on the zoo-anthropophilic blood feeding tsetse flies’ biology conducted, by different teams, in laboratory settings and at the level of the ecosystems- where also co-perpetuate African Trypanosoma- has allowed to unveil and characterize key ...
Anne Geiger +3 more
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Molecular screening for Anaplasmataceae in ticks and tsetse flies from Ethiopia [PDF]
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 2016 Hard ticks and tsetse flies are regarded as the most important vectors of disease agents in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the aim of screening these blood-sucking arthropods for vector-borne pathogens belonging to the family Anaplasmataceae in South-Western ...
Abichu, Getachew +6 more
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Molecular identification of different trypanosome species and subspecies in tsetse flies of northern Nigeria [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2016 Background: Animal African Trypanosomiasis (AAT) is caused by several species of trypanosomes including Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. godfreyi, T. simiae and T. brucei. Two of the subspecies of T. brucei also cause Human African Trypanosomiasis.
Ciosi, Marc +8 more
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Journal of Parasitology Research, 2016 In order to understand the epidemiology of trypanosomoses in Gashaka-Gumti National Park, Nigeria, we determined the density, infection rates, and feeding patterns of tsetse flies using biconical traps, ITS, and mitochondrial cytochrome b PCRs.
Solomon Ngutor Karshima +2 more
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Genetic diversity of trypanosome species in tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) in Nigeria. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2019 Trypanosomes cause disease in humans and livestock in sub-Saharan Africa and rely on tsetse flies as their main insect vector. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa; however, only limited information about the occurrence and diversity of ...
Weber JS +8 more
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Thermal stress responses of Sodalis glossinidius, an indigenous bacterial symbiont of hematophagous tsetse flies. [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2019 Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) house a taxonomically diverse microbiota that includes environmentally acquired bacteria, maternally transmitted symbiotic bacteria, and pathogenic African trypanosomes.
Roma JS +7 more
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of trypanosome prevalence in tsetse flies [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2017 Background: The optimisation of trypanosomosis control programs warrants a good knowledge of the main vector of animal and human trypanosomes in sub-Saharan Africa, the tsetse fly.
Abdi, Reta D +6 more
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