Pathogenic animal trypanosomes affecting livestock have represented a major constraint to
agricultural development in Africa for centuries, and their negative economic impact is …

Trypanosoma evansi, the agent of “surra,” is a salivarian trypanosome, originating from
Africa. It is thought to derive from Trypanosoma brucei by deletion of the maxicircle …

Abstract Background Trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma vivax is one of the diseases
threatening the health and productivity of livestock in Africa and Latin America …

Equine trypanosomosis is a complex of infectious diseases called dourine, nagana and
surra. It is caused by several species of the genus Trypanosoma that are transmitted …

Background African animal trypanosomosis, transmitted cyclically by tsetse flies or
mechanically by other biting flies, causes serious inflictions to livestock health. This study …

This is the first description of a Trypanosoma vivax outbreak in the state of São Paulo
(municipality of Lins). Fever, jaundice, decreased milk production, weight loss, profuse …

This paper describes an outbreak of Trypanosoma vivax for the first time in the state of
Pernambuco, Brazil, affecting dairy cattle in the municipality of Itambé in the northern coastal …

African trypanosomes have been around for more than 100 million years, and have adapted
to survival in a very wide host range. While various indigenous African mammalian host …

Piroplasmosis and trypanosomiasis are debilitating diseases of great economic impact on
the equine industry of Latin America. Considering the lack of studies in the northeastern part …

Background Mechanical transmission of the major livestock pathogen Trypanosoma vivax
by other biting flies than tsetse allows its spread from Africa to the New World. Genetic …