The role of mammalian skin in harbouring and transmitting arthropod-borne protozoan
parasites has been overlooked for decades as these pathogens have been regarded …

Since first identified, human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness has been
described as invariably fatal. Increasing data however argue that infection by Trypanosoma …

Abstract The World Health Organisation has set the goal for elimination of Human African
Trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT), as a public …

The final outcome of infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the main agent of
sleeping sickness, has always been considered as invariably fatal. While scarce and old …

Reduced susceptibility to infectious disease can increase the frequency of otherwise
deleterious alleles. In populations of African ancestry, two apolipoprotein-L1 (APOL1) …

Background The durations of untreated stage 1 (early stage, haemo-lymphatic) and stage 2
(late stage, meningo-encephalitic) human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) due …

Background Important control efforts have led to a significant reduction of the prevalence of
human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Côte d'Ivoire, but the disease is still present in …

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or African sleeping sickness, is a fatal disease found
throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The disease is close to elimination in many areas, although …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently announced its plan to eliminate Human
African trypanosomiasis (HAT). The plan's main focus is on the Trypanosoma brucei …

Although studies on African Trypanosomiases revealed a variety of trypanosome species in
the blood of various animal taxa, animal reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and …