Factors influencing passive surveillance for T. b. rhodesiense human african trypanosomiasis in Uganda.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.05.009
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Sleeping sickness or Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected tropical disease of public health importance across much of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Uganda, chronic T. b. gambiense HAT (gHAT) and acute T. b. rhodesiense… read more here.
Keywords: trypanosomiasis; staff; surveillance; human african ... See more keywords
Human African Trypanosomiasis - A rare case report from India.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.06.012
Abstract: A young female patient from Ahmedabad city presented with acute febrile illness and bicytopenia (leukopenia and thrombocytopenia). She returned to India after recent visit to East Africa. Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness) was diagnosed by… read more here.
Keywords: trypanosomiasis rare; human african; case; african trypanosomiasis ... See more keywords
The structure of serum resistance-associated protein and its implications for human African trypanosomiasis
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0085-3
Abstract: Only two trypanosome subspecies are able to cause human African trypanosomiasis. To establish an infection in human blood, they must overcome the innate immune system by resisting the toxic effects of trypanolytic factor 1 and… read more here.
Keywords: associated protein; human african; serum resistance; resistance associated ... See more keywords
Review of the Situation of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Republic of Congo From the 1950s to 2020
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab225
Abstract: Abstract Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), despite considerable progress in the control, is still occurring in many countries in both west and central African regions. The HAT situation in the Republic of Congo has always been… read more here.
Keywords: human african; african trypanosomiasis; situation; republic congo ... See more keywords
Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: the bumpy road to elimination
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DOI: 10.1097/qco.0000000000000860
Abstract: Purpose of review Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT), a disease that has killed hundreds of thousands as recently as the 1990s, could be on the verge of elimination or even eradication. This review describes recent… read more here.
Keywords: gambiense human; african trypanosomiasis; elimination; human african ... See more keywords
A modelling assessment of short- and medium-term risks of programme interruptions for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the DRC
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DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.26.22279255
Abstract: Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is a deadly vector-borne, neglected tropical disease found in West and Central Africa targeted for elimination of transmission (EoT) by 2030. The recent pandemic has illustrated how it can be… read more here.
Keywords: gambiense human; african trypanosomiasis; human african; interruption ... See more keywords
Integrating innovations: a qualitative analysis of referral non-completion among rapid diagnostic test-positive patients in Uganda’s human African trypanosomiasis elimination programme
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DOI: 10.1186/s40249-018-0472-x
Abstract: BackgroundThe recent development of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) enables elimination programmes to decentralise serological screening services to frontline health facilities. However, patients must still undertake multiple onwards referral steps to… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; rapid diagnostic; human african; rdt ... See more keywords
Candidate gene polymorphisms study between human African trypanosomiasis clinical phenotypes in Guinea
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005833
Abstract: Background Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a lethal disease induced by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, has a range of clinical outcomes in its human host in West Africa: an acute form progressing rapidly to second stage, spontaneous… read more here.
Keywords: ci95; risk; human african; ci95 bonf ... See more keywords
Socioeconomic benefit to individuals of achieving 2020 targets for four neglected tropical diseases controlled/eliminated by innovative and intensified disease management: Human African trypanosomiasis, leprosy, visceral leishmaniasis, Chagas disease
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006250
Abstract: Background The control or elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) has targets defined by the WHO for 2020, reinforced by the 2012 London Declaration. We estimated the economic impact to individuals of meeting these targets… read more here.
Keywords: human african; tropical diseases; disease; african trypanosomiasis ... See more keywords
Evidence of the absence of human African trypanosomiasis in two northern districts of Uganda: Analyses of cattle, pigs and tsetse flies for the presence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007737
Abstract: Background Large-scale control of sleeping sickness has led to a decline in the number of cases of Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) to read more here.
Keywords: cattle pigs; human african; pigs tsetse; brucei ... See more keywords
Impact of tiny targets on Glossina fuscipes quanzensis, the primary vector of human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008270
Abstract: Over the past 20 years there has been a >95% reduction in the number of Gambian Human African trypanosomiasis (g-HAT) cases reported globally, largely as a result of large-scale active screening and treatment programmes. There… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; tiny targets; impact tiny; human african ... See more keywords