Interferon gamma in African trypanosome infections: friends or foes?

H Wu, G Liu, M Shi - Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
African trypanosomes cause fatal infections in both humans and livestock. Interferon gamma
(IFN-γ) plays an essential role in resistance to African trypanosomes. However, increasing …

[PDF][PDF] Immune response of hosts and prospects of vaccine development against African trypanosomes: The review

TN Elcho - J Nat Sci Res, 2017 - core.ac.uk
African trypanosomiasis, a parasitic infection caused by flagellated extracellular parasites
that survive in the tissue fluids and the bloodstream, encompasses a number of diseases …

T cell activation and the HLA locus associate with latent infections of human African trypanosomiasis

P Capewell, B Bucheton, C Clucas, H Ilboudo… - bioRxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Infections by many pathogens can result in a wide range of phenotypes, from severe to mild,
or even asymptomatic. Understanding the genetic basis of these phenotypes can lead to …

Deciphering parasite persistence in adipose tissue

TB Rebelo - 2017 - repositorio.ul.pt
Trypanosoma brucei is an extracellular protozoan parasite that causes Human African
Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness. Throughout its life cycle, T. brucei …