Trypanosomiasis
Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma. In humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. A number of other diseases occur in other animals. African trypanosomiasis, which is caused by either Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, threatens some 65 million people in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in rural areas and populations disrupted by war or poverty. The number of cases has been going down due to systematic eradication efforts: in 1998 almost 40,000 cases were reported but almost 300,000 cases were suspected to have occurred; …
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JCCF: Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms · 12 September 2022 English
Previously, from 2016-2018, I was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Florida in the department of Anthropology and the department of Environmental & Global Health. [...] During the …
Co-Investigator. Maternal Transmission of Trypanosomiasis in Uganda, South Sudan and Nigeria. National … Policy Consultations for Animal and Human Trypanosomiasis in Zambia. National Environmental Research … livestock for the prevention of human and animal trypanosomiasis, at village level, in districts newly affected … of Zoonotic T. b. rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis in Eastern Uganda. Acta Tropica, 165, 216-229 … Surveillance for T. b. rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda. Acta Tropica, 165: 230-239. 13. …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 20 April 2022 English
The COVID-19 pandemic has made evident that the field of global health – its practices, norms, and failures – has the power to shape the lives of billions. Global health …
exceptional boys.69 Instead, fighting yaws and trypanosomiasis was focused on ensuring stability in the animal …
Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health and Community Services · 19 August 2020 English
It is the NLDA’s objective to promote and advance dentistry, to increase the knowledge, skill, standard and proficiency of its Members in the practice of dentistry and to maintain the …
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CMA: Canadian Medical Association · 24 October 2019 English
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OSSTF/FEESO: Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation · 23 November 2016 English
education, infant mortality, and crime) changed in the past decades? What correlations do you observe between the accessibility of social services in the country and the quality of life for …
approximately 160 million cattle, are at risk from trypanosomiasis — a debilitating and frequently fatal disease … hope of reducing or controlling the impact of trypanosomiasis. Small numbers of trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 28 August 2016 French
This report summarizes the climate risks and vulnerable sectors in Kenya, providing an overview of current efforts to address these concerns through climate change adaptation policies and initiatives at the …
re-emergence of tsetse flies and associated African trypanosomiasis in the highlands (Daron, 2014) Forestry • …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 1 November 2013 English
A collection of essays taking up Margaret Lock's enduring project to question our deeply held assumptions about biology, medicine, and culture.
teams scoured the countryside screen- ing for trypanosomiasis by lining up villagers and palpating their …
INSPQ: Institut national de santé publique du Québec · 24 July 2012 English
It is also meant to help improve the quality of service provided to travellers, and to promote the training and professional development of clinicians working in this area. [...] It …
post-travel section is meant to provide • Trypanosomiasis information so that clinicians can inform travellers …
SCBD: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity · 13 February 2012 English
ISBN: 92-9225-388-3 Copyright © 2011, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any …
Agouti paca, can harbour leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis. Outbreaks of rat-transmitted diseases have …
FOCAL: Canadian Foundation for the Americas · 28 May 2010 English
In addition, with respect to the decline in maternal and neonatal mortality rates, the SBS plan also yielded the best results because, unlike the two other plans, it covered women …
such as malaria, Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) and tuberculosis are endemic and, along with …
