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The elimination of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense? Challenges of reservoir hosts and transmission cycles: Expect the unexpected by Mehlitz, D., Molyneux, D.H.

“…The World Health Organisation has set the goal for elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (gHAT), as a…”
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Standardised tests in mice and cattle for the detection of drug resistance in tsetse-transmitted trypanosomes of African domestic cattle by Eisler, M.C, Brandt, J, Bauer, B, Clausen, P.-H, Delespaux, V, Holmes, P.H, Ilemobade, A, Machila, N, Mbwambo, H, McDermott, J, Mehlitz, D, Murilla, G, Ndung’u, J.M, Peregrine, A.S, Sidibé, I, Sinyangwe, L, Geerts, S

“…Resistance to the drugs used to control African animal trypanosomosis is increasingly recognised as a constraint to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa…”
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Use of a PCR Assay for the Specific and Sensitive Detection of Trypanosoma Spp. in Naturally Infected Dairy Cattle in Peri-urban Kampala, Uganda by CLAUSEN, P.-H., WIEMANN, A., PATZELT, R., KAKAIRE, D., POETZSCH, C., PEREGRINE, A., MEHLITZ, D.

“…The objective of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with the hematocrit centrifugation technique…”
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Multiple-drug resistant Trypanosoma congolense populations in village cattle of Metekel district, north-west Ethiopia by Afewerk, Y, Clausen, P.-H, Abebe, G, Tilahun, G, Mehlitz, D

“…Investigations were carried out to determine the prophylactic activity of isometamidium chloride in village populations of cattle naturally infected with…”
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Sequence and PCR-RFLP analysis of 14 novel BoLA-DRB3 alleles by Gelhaus, A, Schnittger, L, Mehlitz, D, Horstmann, R D, Meyer, C G

“…The genetic diversity of the bovine class II DRB3 locus was investigated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and DNA sequencing of the first…”
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Sleeping sickness in Zaire: a nested polymerase chain reaction improves the identification of Trypanosoma (Trypanozoon) brucei gambiense by specific kinetoplast DNA probes by Schares, G., Mehlitz, D.

“…Summary Blood samples collected in the sleeping sickness focus of Boma, Zaire, from human patients and domestic animals were analysed by polymerase chain…”
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Impact of tsetse control on the age-specific prevalence of trypanosomosis in village cattle in southeast Uganda by Magona, J.W, Greiner, M, Mehlitz, D

“…The prevalence of trypanosomosis, mean packed cell volume and anti-trypanosomal antibody levels in village cattle of different age groups (< 0.5 year, 0.5-2…”
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Polymerase chain reaction and DNA probe hybridization to assess the efficacy of diminazene treatment in Trypanosoma brucei-infected cattle by CLAUSEN, P.-H, WAISWA, C, KATUNGUKA-RWAKISHAYA, E, SCHARES, G, STEUBER, S, MEHLITZ, D

“…Four of eight Ankole longhorn cattle experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei were treated with 7 mg/kg diminazene aceturate (Berenil, Hoechst AG,…”
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Drug sensitivity of trypanosome populations from cattle in a peri-urban dairy production system in Uganda by Olila, D, McDermott, J.J, Eisler, M.C, Mitema, E.S, Patzelt, R.J, Clausen, P.-H, Poetzsch, C.J, Zessin, K.-H, Mehlitz, D, Peregrine, A.S

“…Cattle from 50 farms in Mukono County, Uganda, were monitored for trypanosomes every second month over an 18-month period (1995–1996) by mini-anion exchange…”
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Financial analysis of animal trypanosomiosis control using cypermethrin pour-on in Kenya by Omukuba, J., Kiragu, J., Masika, P., Ndung’u, J.M., Wachira, P., Mehlitz, D., Kamau, S.W.

“…The financial impact of use of cypermethrin pour-on (Ectopor R) in control of animal trypanosomiosis was determined in a trial undertaken by the Kenya…”
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The use of DNA hybridization and numerical taxonomy in determining relationships between Trypanosoma brucei stocks and subspecies by Paindavoine, P, Pays, E, Laurent, M, Geltmeyer, Y, Le Ray, D, Mehlitz, D, Steinert, M

“…The nuclear DNAs of 71 trypanosome stocks from different African countries, representative of the three Trypanosoma brucei subspecies, and one T. evansi stock,…”
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A drug incubation glossina infectivity test (DIGIT) to assess the susceptibility of Trypanosoma congolense bloodstream forms to trypanocidal drugs (Xenodiagnosis) by Clausen, P.-H, Leendertz, F.H, Blankenburg, A, Tietjen, U, Mehlitz, D, Sidibe, I, Bauer, B

“…Blood was collected from two Sahelian goats, experimentally infected with either a drug-sensitive cloned population of Trypanosoma congolense (IL 1180) or a…”
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The distribution, relationships and identification of enzymic variants within the subgenus Trypanozoon by Godfrey, D G, Baker, R D, Rickman, L R, Mehlitz, D

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The behaviour in the blood incubation infectivity test of four Trypanozoon strains isolated from pigs in Liberia by Mehlitz, D

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Trypanosome infection rates in tsetse midguts using a short-term in vitro culture technique. Short communication by Mehlitz, D, Tietjen, U

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Enzyme polymorphism and the identity of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense by Godfrey, D G, Scott, C M, Gibson, W C, Mehlitz, D, Zillmann, U

“…Thirty-two isolates from man in known areas of Gambian trypanosomiasis, in the Sudan, Kenya, Zaire, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Liberia and Senegal,…”
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Geographical distribution of Glossina palpalis gambiensis and G.p.palpalis in Liberia by Garms, R, Mehlitz, D, Zillmann, U

“…The two subspecies of Glossina palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) occurring in Liberia could be reliably separated morphometrically by measuring the width of the…”
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Trypanosome infections in domestic animals in Liberia by Mehlitz, D

“…In 5 domestic animal species of the Liberian rain forest, investigations were done on the infection rates with trypanosomes of the subgenera Nannomonas,…”
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Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and quantification of immunoglobulins in the diagnosis of bovine trypanosomiasis by Luckins, A G, Mehlitz, D

“…An indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), a microscale version of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (microELISA) and determination of IgM levels in…”
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On the persistence of human serum resistance and isoenzyme patterns of Trypanozoon in experimentally infected pigs by Schütt, I D, Mehlitz, D

“…'Mini-pigs' were infected with salivarian Trypanozoon clones to examine the persistence and stability of the human serum resistance [Blood Incubation…”
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