Development of an antibody-ELISA for seroprevalence of Trypanosoma evansi in equids of North and North-western regions of India

R Kumar, S Kumar, SK Khurana, SC Yadav - Veterinary parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
The importance of Trypanosoma evansi as the etiological agent for surra is often overlooked
due to difficulty in accurate diagnosis of the disease. In the present study, an antibody-ELISA …

Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification lateral flow assay for the detection of active Trypanosoma evansi infections

Z Li, JE Pinto Torres, J Goossens… - PLoS Neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Animal trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi is known as “surra”
and is a widespread neglected tropical disease affecting wild and domestic animals mainly …

Should the enzyme name 'rhodesain'be discontinued?

D Steverding, CR Caffrey - Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
Rhodesain is the generic name for the cathepsin L-like peptidase of Trypanosoma brucei
rhodesiense. The term rhodesain was derived from the subspecies epithet rhodesiense …

Prevalence of camel trypanosomosis (surra) and associated risk factors in Borena zone, southern Ethiopia

A Olani, Y Habtamu, T Wegayehu, M Anberber - Parasitology research, 2016 - Springer
A study was made to determine the prevalence of camel trypanosomosis (surra) and its
associated risk factors in Borena zone, southern Ethiopia during 2013–2014. A total of 2400 …

Neurological trypanosomiasis in quinapyramine sulfate-treated horses—a breach of the blood–brain barrier?

M Ranjithkumar, BC Saravanan, SC Yadav… - Tropical animal health …, 2014 - Springer
Trypanosoma evansi infection typically produces wasting disease, but it can also develop
into a neurological or meningoencephalitis form in equids. Trypanosomiasis in horses was …

Use of recombinant calflagin protein as a potential candidate for diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection

R Kumar, K Sethi, DK Gaur, SK Goyal, S Kumar… - Veterinary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Serodiagnosis of surra, caused by Trypanosoma evansi, is still based on native antigens
purified from bloodstream form of T. evansi grown in rodents. In order to investigate …

Exploring the potential of invariable surface glycoprotein (ISG65) as promising antigen for diagnosis of Trypanosoma evansi infection

R Kumar, K Sethi, K Batra, S Kumar, S Jain… - Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma evansi, a hemoflagellate protozoan, leads to wasting disease, surra in
livestock animals causing huge economic losses. Currently, the preferred assay for surra …

Cloning and characterization of a novel cathepsin B-like cysteine proteinase from Angiostrongylus cantonensis

M Cheng, X Yang, Z Li, H He, Z Qu, A He, Z Wu… - Parasitology …, 2012 - Springer
Cysteine protease plays a key role in host–parasite interactions. In this study, we identified a
novel gene encoding a cathepsin B-like cysteine protease (AcCBL1) from the cDNA library …

Production and preliminary evaluation of Trypanosoma evansi HSP70 for antibody detection in Equids

J Kumar, A Chaudhury, BC Bera, R Kumar, R Kumar… - Acta Parasitologica, 2015 - Springer
The present immuno-diagnostic method using soluble antigens from whole cell lysate
antigen for trypanosomosis have certain inherent problems like lack of standardized and …

Identification of immuno-dominant antigens of Trypanosoma evansi for detection of chronic trypanosomosis using experimentally infected equines

SC Yadav, R Kumar, V Kumar, R Kumar… - Research in Veterinary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Trypanosoma evansi is the most extensively distributed trypanosome responsible for
disease called surra in livestock in many countries including frequent outbreaks in India. The …