A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

Together with his postdoc, Shiga, he chose African trypanosomes as a target and trypan red as the drug, and soon established proof of principle in 1904. He also noted the first example of the ...

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006130. eCollection 2018 Jan. PMID:29346412. A Superhydrophobic Cone to Facilitate the Xenomonitoring of Filarial Parasites, Malaria, and Trypanosomes Using Mosquito Excreta ...

in drug target discovery in trypanosomes. South Africa also has a strong presence of multinational corporations, particularly in the manufacturing and distribution sectors, including ...

Communities living in African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) endemic areas of Zambia use several control strategies to protect their livestock from the devastating effects of trypan ...

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