Parasitol. Res. 2020 Jan 31
Molecular identification of different trypanosome species in tsetse flies caught in the wildlife reserve of Santchou in the western region of Cameroon.
Kamdem CN, Tiofack AAZ, Mewamba EM, Ofon EA, Gomseu EBD, Simo G
Addressing the problems linked to tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiases requires considerable data on tsetse distribution and trypanosome infections. Alt ...
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Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2020 Jan 27
Chagas disease: Historic perspective.
Vigliano CA, Chao C, Leone JL
This review is a perspective on the history of Chagas disease, and it adopts a novel approach from literary studies, historical documents and the scie ...
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BMC Med Genomics
Blood signatures for second stage human African trypanosomiasis: a transcriptomic approach.
Mulindwa J, Matovu E, Enyaru J, Clayton C
Rhodesiense sleeping sickness is caused by infection with T. b rhodesiense parasites resulting in an acute disease that is fatal if not treated in tim ...
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PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Prescription of concomitant medications in patients treated with Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T.b. gambiense second stage sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kuemmerle A, Schmid C, Kande V, Mutombo W, Ilunga M, Lumpungu I, Mutanda S, Nganzobo P, Ngolo D, Kisala M, Valverde Mordt O
Nifurtimox eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly called sleeping sickness, was added to the W ...
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Curr Probl Cardiol 2019 Dec 01
Chagas Disease: Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy.
Echavarría NG, Echeverría LE, Stewart M, Gallego C, Saldarriaga C
Chagas disease (CD) is a tropical vector-borne infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), also known as American Trypano ...
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