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

This review focuses on the most reliable and up-to-date methods for diagnosing
trypanosomoses, a group of diseases of wild and domestic mammals, caused by …

African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) a parasitic disease of livestock in sub-Saharan Africa
causing tremendous loses. Sub-Saharan continental estimation of mean prevalence in both …

Background African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) is a major livestock disease in Kenya.
Even though, over the years various organizations have collected a vast amount of field data …

To understand the importance of domestic pigs in the epidemiology of human
trypanosomiasis, PCR was used to identify trypanosome populations in 133 pigs from the …

Tsetse flies are notoriously difficult to observe in nature, particularly when populations
densities are low. It is therefore difficult to observe them on their hosts in nature; hence their …

Background Pig keeping is becoming increasingly common across sub-Saharan Africa.
Domestic pigs from the Arusha region of northern Tanzania were screened for …

Invasive alien species, once they made entry into a region or country, often become difficult
to eradicate and it appears that they have come to stay. Worse still, their adverse effects on …

Despite the impact of some trypanosome species on human and livestock health, the full
diversity of trypanosomes in Africa is poorly understood. A recent study examined the …

In order to better understand the epidemiology of Human and Animal trypanosomiasis that
occur together in sleeping sickness foci, a study of prevalences of animal parasites …