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 …

[HTML][HTML] Salivarian trypanosomosis: a review of parasites involved, their global distribution and their interaction with the innate and adaptive mammalian host immune …

M Radwanska, N Vereecke, V Deleeuw… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Salivarian trypanosomes are single cell extracellular parasites that cause infections in a
wide range of hosts. Most pathogenic infections worldwide are caused by one of four major …

Evolution of the primate trypanolytic factor APOL1

R Thomson, G Genovese, C Canon… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
ApolipoproteinL1 (APOL1) protects humans and some primates against several African
trypanosomes. APOL1 genetic variants strongly associated with kidney disease in African …

The molecular arms race between African trypanosomes and humans

E Pays, B Vanhollebeke, P Uzureau… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Humans can survive bloodstream infection by African trypanosomes, owing to the activity of
serum complexes that have efficient trypanosome-killing ability. The two trypanosome …

[HTML][HTML] Immune Evasion Strategies of Trypanosoma brucei within the Mammalian Host: Progression to Pathogenicity

B Stijlemans, G Caljon, J Van Den Abbeele… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The diseases caused by African trypanosomes (AT) are of both medical and veterinary
importance and have adversely influenced the economic development of sub-Saharan …

Human trypanolytic factor APOL1 forms pH-gated cation-selective channels in planar lipid bilayers: relevance to trypanosome lysis

R Thomson, A Finkelstein - Proceedings of the National …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Apolipoprotein L-1 (APOL1), the trypanolytic factor of human serum, can lyse several African
trypanosome species including Trypanosoma brucei brucei, but not the human-infective …

Apolipoprotein L1 and kidney disease in African Americans

DJ Friedman, MR Pollak - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2016 - cell.com
Genetic variants in the Apolipoprotein L1 (APOL1) gene cause high rates of kidney disease
in African Americans. These variants, found only in individuals with recent African ancestry …

[HTML][HTML] Infections with extracellular trypanosomes require control by efficient innate immune mechanisms and can result in the destruction of the mammalian humoral …

S Magez, JE Pinto Torres, E Obishakin… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Salivarian trypanosomes are extracellular parasites that affect humans, livestock, and game
animals around the world. Through co-evolution with the mammalian immune system …

[HTML][HTML] The TgsGP Gene Is Essential for Resistance to Human Serum in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

P Capewell, C Clucas, E DeJesus, R Kieft… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes 97% of all cases of African sleeping sickness, a
fatal disease of sub-Saharan Africa. Most species of trypanosome, such as T. b. brucei, are …

A co-evolutionary arms race: trypanosomes shaping the human genome, humans shaping the trypanosome genome

P Capewell, A Cooper, C Clucas, W Weir, A Macleod - Parasitology, 2015 - cambridge.org
Trypanosoma brucei is the causative agent of African sleeping sickness in humans and one
of several pathogens that cause the related veterinary disease Nagana. A complex co …