The blood-films which I have shown1 were taken from a case of Dr. Skerritt's which was under my care for a period of two months during the past summer. The clinical history of the case will be found in the British Medical Journal, May 30th, 1903. The patient died on November 26th, and details of the postmortem examination will be published shortly. Trypanosomes belong to the order of Protozoa. ...

Genetic-modification strategies are currently being developed to reduce the transmission of vector-borne diseases, including African trypanosomiasis. For tsetse, the vector of African trypanosomiasis, a paratransgenic strategy is being considered: this approach involves modification of the commensal symbiotic bacteria Sodalis to express trypanosome-resistance-conferring products. Modified Sodal...

Tsetse flies occur in 36 countries and a total area of about 10 million square kilometres in Africa. Throughout this area the disease transmitted by the tsetse fly, Trypanosomiasis (or Trypanosomosis), has a significant effect on large numbers of livestock. About 50 million cattle and tens of millions of small ruminants are considered to be at risk from Trypanosomiasis, and the disease is recog...

1. Gautret P, Clerinx J, Caumes E, Simon F, Jensenius M, Loutan L, et al. Imported human African trypanosomiasis in Europe, 2005–2009. Euro Surveill. 2009; 14:pii:19327. 2. Migchelsen SJ, Büscher P, Hoepelman AI, Schallig HD, Adams ER. Human African trypanosomiasis: a review of non-endemic cases in the past 20 years. Int J Infect Dis. 2011 Jun 15; [Epub ahead of print]. 3. Simarro PP, Cecchi G,...

This study examined how outbreaks and the occurrence of Anthrax, Ebola, Monkeypox and Trypanosomiasis may differentially affect the distribution of bonobos (Pan paniscus). Using a combination of mapping, Jaccard overlapping coefficients and binary regressions, the study determined how each disease correlated with the extent of occurrence of, and the areas occupied by, bonobos. Anthrax has only ...

Trypanosomiasis is a major veterinary problem over much of sub-Saharan Africa and is frequently associated with under-nutrition. There is growing evidence that nutrition can have a profound effect on the pathophysiological features of animal trypanosomiasis. These features include anaemia, pyrexia, body weight changes, reduced feed intake and diminished productivity including reduced draught wo...