Tsetse And Trypanosomiasis Information

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789241209847

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Control and Surveillance of Human African Trypanosomiasis by World Health Organization Pdf

This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches, new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new information has formed the basis for an integrated strategy with which it is hoped that elimination of HAT will be achieved. The report also contains recommendations on the approaches that will lead to elimination of the disease. Human African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) is a disease that afflicts populations in rural Africa, where the tsetse fly vector that transmits the causative trypanosome parasites thrives. There are two forms of HAT: one, known as gambiense HAT, is endemic in West and Central Africa and causes over 95% of current cases; the other, known as rhodesiense HAT, is endemic in East and southern Africa and accounts for the remainder of cases. The presence of parasites in the brain leads to progressive neurological breakdown. Changes to sleep-wake patterns are among the symptoms that characterize the disease, also known as "sleeping sickness". Eventually, patients fall into a coma and die if not treated. Different treatments are available against parasites present in the haemolymphatic system (first stage) and those that have entered the brain (second stage). Currently, lumbar puncture is required to select the appropriate drug.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789251094112

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Tsetse and Trypanosomosis Information by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

TTI disseminates current information on all aspects of tsetse and trypanosomosis research and control to institutions and individuals involved in the problems of African trypanosomosis. This service forms an integral part of the Programme Against African trypanosomosis (PAAT).

Author : Guy Hendrickx,Stéphane de La Rocque,Raffaele C. Mattioli
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251051186

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Long-term Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Management Options in West Africa by Guy Hendrickx,Stéphane de La Rocque,Raffaele C. Mattioli Pdf

PAAT = Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (i.e. sleeping sickness)

Author : Stephen G. A. Leak
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0851993001

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Tsetse Biology and Ecology by Stephen G. A. Leak Pdf

Domestic livestock in Africa are of importance not only as a source of milk and meat but also as a source of animal traction enabling farmers to cultivate larger areas, with crops providing the staple foods. Trypanosomosis, a parasitic disease transmitted cyclically by the tsetse fly (Glossina spp.), is arguably still the main constraint to livestock production on the continent, preventing full use of the land to feed the rapidly increasing human population. Sleeping sickness, the disease caused in humans by species of Trypanosoma, is an important and neglected disease posing a threat to millions of people in tsetse-infested areas. Often wrongly thought of as a disease of the past, the prevalence of human sleeping sickness is increasing in many areas. Although alternative methods to control the disease are being investigated, such as immunological approaches, use of chemotherapy or exploitation of the trypanotolerance trait, it is only control or eradication of the tsetse fly vector which will remove the threat of the disease rather than providing a better means of "living" with it. As a result of the economic impact of tsetse-transmitted Trypanosomosis, a large amount of research literature has been produced. This book provides a comprehensive review of this literature. The text is divided into four parts: tsetse biology and ecology, epidemiology, vector control and control of trypanosomosis. The book is invaluable for medical and veterinary entomologists, parasitologists and epidemiologists.

Author : Programme Against African Trypanosomosis,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Trypanosomiasis in animals
ISBN : 9251080097

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PAAT Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis by Programme Against African Trypanosomosis,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : IND:30000088039593

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Environmental Change and the Autonomous Control of Tsetse and Trypanosomosis in Sub-Saharan Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Samuel J. Black,J. Richard Seed
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306468940

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The African Trypanosomes by Samuel J. Black,J. Richard Seed Pdf

African trypanosomes are tsetse-transmitted protozoa that inhabit the extracellular compartment of host blood. They cause fatal sleeping sickness in people, and Nagana, a wasting and generally fatal disease, in cattle. While trypanosomes are most common to Africa (about 30% of Africa's cattle graze on the fringe of the tsetse habitat), some species have spread beyond its boarders to Asia, the Middle East and South America. The African Trypanosomes, volume one of World Class Parasites, is written for researchers, students and scholars who enjoy reading research that has a major impact on human health, or agricultural productivity, and against which we have no satisfactory defense. It is intended to supplement more formal texts that cover taxonomy, life cycles, morphology, vector distribution, symptoms and treatment. It integrates vector, pathogen and host biology and celebrates the diversity of approach that comprises modern parasitological research.

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : African trypanosomiasis
ISBN : 9240691723

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Control and Surveillance of Human African Trypanosomiasis by World Health Organization Pdf

This report provides information about new diagnostic approaches new therapeutic regimens and better understanding of the distribution of the disease with high-quality mapping. The roles of human and animal reservoirs and the tsetse fly vectors that transmit the parasites are emphasized. The new information has formed the basis for an integrated strategy with which it is hoped that elimination of HAT will be achieved. The report also contains recommendations on the approaches that will lead to elimination of the disease.Human African Tryponosomiasis (HAT) is a disease that afflicts populations in rural Africa where the tsetse fly vector that transmits the causative trypanosome parasites thrives. There are two forms of HAT: one known as gambiense HAT is endemic in West and Central Africa and causes over 95% of current cases; the other known as rhodesiense HAT is endemic in East and southern Africa and accounts for the remainder of cases. The presence of parasites in the brain leads to progressive neurological breakdown. Changes to sleep-wake patterns are among the symptoms that characterize the disease also known as sleeping sickness . Eventually patients fall into a coma and die if not treated. Different treatments are available against parasites present in the haemolymphatic system (first stage) and those that have entered the brain (second stage). Currently lumbar puncture is required to select the appropriate drug.

Author : Stefan Magez,Magdalena Radwanska
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783709115565

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Trypanosomes and Trypanosomiasis by Stefan Magez,Magdalena Radwanska Pdf

This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense. ​

Author : Michel Dumas,Bernard Bouteille,Alain Buguet
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9782817808574

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Progress in Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness by Michel Dumas,Bernard Bouteille,Alain Buguet Pdf

Human African Trypaniosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is an old disease to be now considered as reemergent. HAT is endemic in 36 sub-Saharan African countries, in areas where tsetse flies are found. The public health importance of HAT is underestimated, but the disease causes severe social disruption in many rural areas. Along the past fifteen years, numerous studies were made, and now, the mechanisms involved in the disease pathogenesis and in the characteristics of sleep-wake disruption become to be better understood. But, since 50 years, when current drugs were introduced, problems regarding HAT chemotherapy have not been solved. Nevertheless, in-depth studies about trypanosome metabolism have permitted to discover new drug targets. Written by specialists who are very experienced in their respective fields, the contributions provide an indispensable tool for practitioners and scientists.

Author : Ian Maudlin,P. H. Holmes,Michael A. Miles
Publisher : CABI
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0851990347

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The Trypanosomiases by Ian Maudlin,P. H. Holmes,Michael A. Miles Pdf

This state-of-the-art reference book includes comprehensive coverage of the biology and control of African, Asian and South American trypanosomiasis ("sleeping sickness") in man and animals. It describes recent research developments in the biology and molecular biology of trypanosomes (the protozoan parasite) and their vectors, and methods in diagnosis and control, such as trapping tsetse fly vectors. Different sections of the book are devoted to biology of trypanosomes, vector biology, epidemiology and diagnosis, pathogenesis, disease impact, chemotherapy and disease control, and vector control. The book contains contributions from leading experts from Europe, North and South America, and Africa.

Author : Serap Aksoy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387782256

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Transgenesis and the Management of Vector-Borne Disease by Serap Aksoy Pdf

Parasitic, bacterial and viral agents continue to challenge the welfare of humans, livestock, wild life and plants worldwide. The public health impact and financial consequences of these diseases are particularly hard on the already overburdened economies of developing countries especially in the tropics. Many of these disease agents utilize insect hosts (vectors) to achieve their transmission to mammals. In the past, these diseases were largely controlled by insecticide-based vector reduction strategies. Now, many of these diseases have reemerged in the tropics, recolonizing their previous range, and expanding into new territories previously not considered to be endemic. Habitat change, irrigation practices, atmospheric and climate change, insecticide and drug resistance as well as increases in global tourism, human traffic and commercial activities, have driven the reemergence and spread of vector borne diseases. While these diseases can be controlled through interventions aimed at both their vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, no effective vaccines exist, and only limited therapeutic prospects are available for their control in mammalian hosts. Molecular technologies such as transgenesis, which is the subject of this book, stand to increase the toolbox and benefit disease management strategies.

Author : C. Stephen Foster,Stephen D. Anesi,Peter Y. Chang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030529741

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Uveitis by C. Stephen Foster,Stephen D. Anesi,Peter Y. Chang Pdf

Focusing solely on uveitis care, this quick reference guide will provide a compiled and easy to navigate differential diagnosis – making an often daunting task for clinicians easier, quicker, and more accurate by using a concise outline format to list the most critical aspects of a disease entity. Uveitis: A Quick Guide to Essential Diagnosis opens with a Diagnosis Flowchart, so that the reader can select the most probable diagnoses based on patient’s history and exam. From there the reader can then quickly turn to the corresponding chapter to learn about the most critical aspects of the disease entity: epidemiology, characteristic exam and imaging findings, prognostic factors, and treatment options. This book is written for ophthalmic care providers including general ophthalmologists, subspecialists, fellows, residents and optometrists and features research and contributions from institutions that are global leaders in uveitis care.

Author : Orenge, Caleb Oburu
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781799864356

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Combating and Controlling Nagana and Tick-Borne Diseases in Livestock by Orenge, Caleb Oburu Pdf

African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), also called nagana, is a trans-boundary disease that has had an immense impact on cattle and is ranked among the top global cattle diseases. This and tick-borne diseases have caused major obstacles to sustainable livestock-based agricultural production and food security and are important factors in underdevelopment. Due to decreasing efficacy of available drugs, widespread trypanosome resistance, and the difficulty of sustaining other control measures, there is a need for alternative sustainable strategies to reduce the impact these diseases have on livestock. Combating and Controlling Nagana and Tick-Borne Diseases in Livestock provides the latest empirical research findings on the effects of African animal trypanosomiasis (nagana) and tick-borne disease infection in livestock, their impact on farmer livelihoods, and the measures that can be undertaken to mitigate negative effects and reduce the number of infections. While highlighting topic areas such as disease history and transmission, treatments, and the economic impacts, this book is essential for farmers, animal health and animal production professionals and practitioners, non-government organizations, researchers, academicians, and students working in fields that include but are not limited to agriculture, livestock production, environmental science, veterinary medicine, veterinary pathology, and epidemiology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Trypanosomiasis
ISBN : MINN:31951P010761556

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Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Information by Anonim Pdf