The animal trypanosomiases and their chemotherapy: a review

F Giordani, LJ Morrison, TG Rowan, HP De Koning… - Parasitology, 2016 - cambridge.org
Pathogenic animal trypanosomes affecting livestock have represented a major constraint to
agricultural development in Africa for centuries, and their negative economic impact is …

[HTML][HTML] An update on African trypanocide pharmaceutics and resistance

KI Kasozi, ET MacLeod, I Ntulume… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
African trypanosomiasis is associated with Trypanosoma evansi, T. vivax, T. congolense,
and T. brucei pathogens in African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) while T. b gambiense and …

[HTML][HTML] The drugs of sleeping sickness: their mechanisms of action and resistance, and a brief history

H P. De Koning - Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the incidence of sleeping sickness in decline and genuine progress being made
towards the WHO goal of eliminating sleeping sickness as a major public health concern …

[HTML][HTML] Melarsoprol resistance in African trypanosomiasis

AH Fairlamb, D Horn - Trends in parasitology, 2018 - cell.com
Arsenicals were introduced as monotherapies for the treatment of human African
trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, over 100 years ago. Toxicity has always been an …

Animal African trypanosomiasis: time to increase focus on clinically relevant parasite and host species

LJ Morrison, L Vezza, T Rowan, JC Hope - Trends in parasitology, 2016 - cell.com
Animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT), caused by Trypanosoma congolense and
Trypanosoma vivax, remains one of the most important livestock diseases in sub-Saharan …

[HTML][HTML] Combining tubercidin and cordycepin scaffolds results in highly active candidates to treat late-stage sleeping sickness

F Hulpia, D Mabille, GD Campagnaro… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
African trypanosomiasis is a disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei parasites with limited
treatment options. Trypanosoma is unable to synthesize purines de novo and relies solely …

[HTML][HTML] Specific cell targeting therapy bypasses drug resistance mechanisms in African trypanosomiasis

JD Unciti-Broceta, JL Arias, J Maceira, M Soriano… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
African trypanosomiasis is a deadly neglected disease caused by the extracellular parasite
Trypanosoma brucei. Current therapies are characterized by high drug toxicity and …

Drug resistance in protozoan parasites: an incessant wrestle for survival

PK Pramanik, MN Alam, DR Chowdhury… - Journal of Global …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, drug resistance in parasites is considered to be one of the foremost concerns in
health and disease management. It is interconnected worldwide and undermines the health …

Revisiting tubercidin against kinetoplastid parasites: aromatic substitutions at position 7 improve activity and reduce toxicity

F Hulpia, GD Campagnaro, M Scortichini… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The nucleoside antibiotic tubercidin displays strong activity against different target
organisms, but it is notoriously toxic to mammalian cells. The effects of tubercidin against T …

Evidence of multiple point mutations in Theileria annulata cytochrome b gene incriminated in buparvaquone treatment failure

E Chatanga, E Mosssad, HA Abubaker, SA Alnour… - Acta tropica, 2019 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is one of the emerging and re-emerging epidemics affecting both veterinary
and public health sectors. Buparvaquone provides the most satisfactory means in the …