Trypanosoma evansi and Surra: A Review and Perspectives on Transmission, Epidemiology and Control, Impact, and Zoonotic Aspects

M Desquesnes, A Dargantes, DH Lai… - BioMed research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the transmission modes of Trypanosoma evansi. Its worldwide
distribution is attributed to mechanical transmission. While the role of tabanids is clear, we …

Domestic and wild mammalian reservoirs

AM Jansen, ALR Roque - American trypanosomiasis, 2010 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The proposed ancient coevolutionary history of T. cruzi with its
mammalian hosts is based on the relatively recent acquisition of hematophagic habits by the …

The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei

M Berriman, E Ghedin, C Hertz-Fowler, G Blandin… - science, 2005 - science.org
African trypanosomes cause human sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-
Saharan Africa. We present the sequence and analysis of the 11 megabase-sized …

Trypanosoma brucei parasites occupy and functionally adapt to the adipose tissue in mice

S Trindade, F Rijo-Ferreira, T Carvalho… - Cell host & …, 2016 - cell.com
Trypanosoma brucei is an extracellular parasite that causes sleeping sickness. In
mammalian hosts, trypanosomes are thought to exist in two major niches: early in infection …

Identifying transmission cycles at the human-animal interface: the role of animal reservoirs in maintaining gambiense human african trypanosomiasis

S Funk, H Nishiura, H Heesterbeek… - PLoS computational …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Many infections can be transmitted between animals and humans. The epidemiological
roles of different species can vary from important reservoirs to dead-end hosts. Here, we …

Through the dark continent: African trypanosome development in the tsetse fly

B Rotureau, J Van Den Abbeele - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
African trypanosomes are unicellular flagellated parasites causing trypanosomiases in
Africa, a group of severe diseases also known as sleeping sickness in human and nagana …

Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis

JR Franco, PP Simarro, A Diarra… - Clinical epidemiology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma
brucei gambiense, which is a chronic form of the disease present in western and central …

An Overview of Trypanosoma brucei Infections: An Intense Host–Parasite Interaction

A Ponte-Sucre - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. brucei gambiense, the causative agents of Human
African Trypanosomiasis, are transmitted by tsetse flies. Within the vector, the parasite …

Human African trypanosomiasis presenting at least 29 years after infection—what can this teach us about the pathogenesis and control of this neglected tropical …

D Sudarshi, S Lawrence, WO Pickrell… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced its plan to eliminate Human
African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The plan's main focus is on the Trypanosoma brucei …

African trypanosomes

M Cayla, F Rojas, E Silvester, F Venter, KR Matthews - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
African trypanosomes cause human African trypanosomiasis and animal African
trypanosomiasis. They are transmitted by tsetse flies in sub-Saharan Africa. Although most …