In the heart of Southwestern Kenya lies Lambwe Valley, where the Ruma National Park is also located. Here, wild animals such ...

These forms resemble closely the description of cysts of some trypanosomes in their insect hosts 1–3.

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 ...

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.

Mission Statement: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research ...

Parasite genomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the genetic material (genome) of parasites, primarily using sequencing, bioinformatics and computational tools. The ...

Steven Williams’ laboratory focuses on research designed to elucidate the molecular biology of the parasites that cause Neglected Tropical Diseases—diseases that afflict the poorest billion people on ...

those caused by bacteria and complex pathogens such as toxoplasmas or trypanosomes. The new outbreaks of zoonotic diseases, those that manage to jump from animals to humans (such as this summer on ...