The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei is a unicellular pathogen that causes lethal sleeping sickness in humans, which is a devastating and neglected tropical disease that is endemic to vast ...

Trypanosoma lewisi has been maintained continuously at 37 C for more than 2 yr in Iscove's modified Dulbecco's medium with 10% fetal calf serum and a feeder layer of rat fibroblasts. In this medium ...

One thing you might want even less than a 'kiss' from a kissing bug is its feces. Scientifically referred to as triatomine bugs, these blood-sucking insects can carry in their feces and pass on to ...

Certain regions of Eastern and Central Africa are affected by East African trypanosomiasis especially Botswana, Tanzania, Zaire, Kenya, Malawi,Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, and Uganda .It is caused by the ...

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is emerging as a global health concern as scientists warn of its potential to spread beyond Africa. Traditionally confined to sub-Saharan Africa, the ...

Free-ranging Old World primates released on St. Catherine's Island, Georgia (USA), were tested for infection with Trypanosoma cruzi as part of a study of the epizootiology of sylvatic T. cruzi in the ...

In Central and South America, predatory blood-sucking bugs transmit the causative agent of the widely prevalent Chagas disease. As the disease can induce severe symptoms and to date there is no ...

The life-threatening African trypanosomiasis, also called sleeping sickness, is caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei. A team of researchers has studied the pathogens and reported ...

Trypanosoma, Gatt. der Trypanosomatidea, in der sich eine Reihe wichtiger Krankheitserreger bei Wirbeltieren befindet. ( vgl. Tab.) Überträger und Zwischenwirte sind meist Fliegen (Tsetsefliegen u.a.

Die Schlafkrankheit (Humane Afrikanische Trypanosomiasis) wird durch einen Parasiten namens Trypanosoma brucei verursacht, welcher als Zwischenwirt die Tsetsefliege nutzt. Die Krankheit kommt in den ...