Sentences with word «trypanosomiasis»

«Though human African trypanosomiasis affects thousands of people in sub-Saharan Africa, the absence of a genome - wide map of tsetse biology was a major hindrance for identifying vulnerabilities,» says Dr Serap Aksoy, co-senior author from the University of Yale.

A few, rare cases of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) have been linked to raw acai juice.

Their best guesses were either sleeping sickness (also known as trypanosomiasis) or «Rip Van Winkle disease» (officially known as Kleine - Levin syndrome), which sounded more kosher to me.

Their findings — that nanotubes and vesicles are an important part of the communications process — show that the extracellular vesicles contribute to the complexity of African trypanosomiasis through the transfer of virulence factors between parasites and inadvertent interaction with host cells, which has a profound effect on disease, the study notes.

That's why scientists find its common name a bit too innocuous sounding; they usually call the affliction human African trypanosomiasis (HAT).

Chagas, aka American trypanosomiasis, is a cryptic foe.

Parasitic infections such as trypanosomiasis and leishmanaisis remain a largely neglected but very important global health problem.

Trypanosomiasis in animals (nagana) remains a massive brake on African agricultural development.

1) African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, Dengue, Leishmaniasis, Leprosy, Lymphatic filariasis, Malaria, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, and Tuberculosis.

The number of cases of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) fell from 37,000 new cases in 1999 to under 3,000 in 2015.

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

The implication of this proof - of - concept study of a novel technology for reversing transporter - related drug resistance, they say, «is not limited to a single nanobody used to demonstrate the technology, nor to a single drug, nor indeed to trypanosomiasis.»

Gambian sleeping sickness, or Gambian human African trypanosomiasis, is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, carried by tsetse flies in Central and West Africa.

That number exceeds estimates for other tropical diseases, such as nematode infection and trypanosomiasis, which often receive more attention.

In fact, the researchers say, the loss of wildlife habitat in Africa — and not human treatment programs — could be the main reason that sleeping sickness disease, usually called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is now on the retreat.

As well as malaria, we are working on other parasitic diseases including schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis — infectious diseases that affect some of the most disadvantaged people in world.

The tsetse fly spreads the parasitic diseases human African trypanosomiasis, known as sleeping sickness, and Nagana that infect humans and animals respectively.

Human African trypanosomiasis is on the World Health Organization's (WHO) list of neglected tropical diseases and since 2013 has become a target for eradication.

This study lays out a list of parts responsible for the key processes and opens new doors to design prevention strategies to reduce the number of deaths and illnesses associated with human African trypanosomiasis and other diseases spread by the tsetse fly.

Genome Sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Trypanosomiasis.

The more we understand, the better able we are to identify weaknesses, and use them to control the tsetse fly in regions where human African trypanosomiasis is endemic.»

Tsetse are the insect vector of the trypanosomiasis parasite which causes disease in animals (with major knock - on effects on the farmers who are financially dependent on their livestock), and sleeping sickness in people (fatal when not properly treated).

AMHERST, Mass. — Samuel Black, professor of veterinary and animal sciences, will speak on «Approaching the Endgame: Seeking Sustainable Control of Animal African Trypanosomiasis» on Monday, Feb. 5 at 4 p.m. in the Great Hall of Old Chapel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Certain infectious diseases also are thought to contribute to Dilated Cardiomyapothy such as, trypanosomiasis, lyme disease and bartonellosis, but this is far less common.

It has worked well in other countries where it is sold for human trypanosomiasis.