Human african trypanosomiasis

P Büscher, G Cecchi, V Jamonneau, G Priotto - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost
invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused …

The skin is a significant but overlooked anatomical reservoir for vector-borne African trypanosomes

…, A Crouzols, G Jouvion, V Jamonneau… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.17716.001 The role of mammalian skin in harbouring and transmitting
arthropod-borne protozoan parasites has been overlooked for decades as these pathogens have …

[HTML][HTML] Untreated Human Infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Are Not 100% Fatal

V Jamonneau, H Ilboudo, J Kaboré… - PLoS neglected …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The final outcome of infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the main agent of sleeping
sickness, has always been considered as invariably fatal. While scarce and old reports …

[HTML][HTML] Improved models of mini anion exchange centrifugation technique (mAECT) and modified single centrifugation (MSC) for sleeping sickness diagnosis and …

…, V Lejon, J Robays, V Jamonneau… - PLoS neglected …, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is caused by two subspecies
of the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei (Tb) and transmitted through tsetse flies (…

[HTML][HTML] Do cryptic reservoirs threaten gambiense-sleeping sickness elimination?

…, P Grébaut, E Hasker, H Ilboudo, V Jamonneau… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Between
1990 and 2015, almost 440000 cases were reported. Large-scale screening of populations at …

APOL1 renal risk variants have contrasting resistance and susceptibility associations with African trypanosomiasis

…, P Capewell, M Camara, J Milet, V Jamonneau… - elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.25461.001 Reduced susceptibility to infectious disease can increase the
frequency of otherwise deleterious alleles. In populations of African ancestry, two apolipoprotein-…

[HTML][HTML] Reducing human-tsetse contact significantly enhances the efficacy of sleeping sickness active screening campaigns: a promising result in the context of …

…, SJ Torr, P Solano, V Jamonneau… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Control of gambiense sleeping sickness, a neglected tropical disease targeted
for elimination by 2020, relies mainly on mass screening of populations at risk and treatment …

Mixed infections of trypanosomes in tsetse and pigs and their epidemiological significance in a sleeping sickness focus of Cote d'Ivoire

V Jamonneau, S Ravel, M Koffi, D Kaba, DG Zeze… - Parasitology, 2004 - cambridge.org
In a sleeping sickness focus of Côte d'Ivoire, trypanosomes were characterized in humans,
pigs and tsetse using various techniques. Out of 74 patients, all the 43 stocks isolated by KIVI …

Population genomics reveals the origin and asexual evolution of human infective trypanosomes

…, J Kaboré, M Camara, A Cooper, A Tait, V Jamonneau… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.11473.001 Evolutionary theory predicts that the lack of recombination and
chromosomal re-assortment in strictly asexual organisms results in homologous chromosomes …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the diagnosis of animal trypanosomoses

…, P Truc, S Herder, S Ravel, D Sereno, V Jamonneau… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
This review focuses on the most reliable and up-to-date methods for diagnosing
trypanosomoses, a group of diseases of wild and domestic mammals, caused by trypanosomes, …