Search Results - "Kouakou, Lingue"
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The study of trypanosome species circulating in domestic animals in two human African trypanosomiasis foci of Côte d'Ivoire identifies pigs and cattle as potential reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (18-10-2017)“…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…”
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Towards the sustainable elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire using an integrated approach
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-07-2023)“…Human African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by trypanosomes among which Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is responsible for a chronic form (gHAT)…”
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Free-ranging pigs identified as a multi-reservoir of Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma congolense in the Vavoua area, a historical sleeping sickness focus of Côte d'Ivoire
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-12-2021)“…The existence of an animal reservoir of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (T. b. gambiense), the agent of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), may compromise the…”
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Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2012)“…The final outcome of infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the main agent of sleeping sickness, has always been considered as invariably fatal. While…”
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The complex health seeking pathway of a human African trypanosomiasis patient in Côte d’Ivoire underlines the need of setting up passive surveillance systems
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2020)“…Background Significant efforts to control human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) over the two past decades have resulted in drastic decrease of its prevalence in…”
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Use of vector control to protect people from sleeping sickness in the focus of Bonon (Côte d’Ivoire)
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2021)“…Background Gambian human African trypanosomiasis (gHAT) is a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense transmitted by tsetse flies (…”
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Revisiting the immune trypanolysis test to optimise epidemiological surveillance and control of sleeping sickness in West Africa
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (21-12-2010)“…Because of its high sensitivity and its ease of use in the field, the card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis (CATT) is widely used for mass screening of…”
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A targeted door-to-door strategy for sleeping sickness detection in low-prevalence settings in Côte d’Ivoire
Published in Parasite (Paris) (2016)“…Significant efforts to control human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) over the three past decades have resulted in drastic reductions of disease prevalence in…”
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THE IMMUNE TRYPANOLYSIS TEST: AN ACCURATE SEROLOGICAL MARKER TO MANAGE ELIMINATION OF T.B. GAMBIENSE HUMAN AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS
Published in BMJ global health (01-02-2017)“…BackgroundContinued post-elimination monitoring is required to ensure sustainability of zero transmission of human African trypanosomosis (HAT) and to avoid…”
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