The continental atlas of tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis in Nigeria.

Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis remains a major animal health problem in Nigeria, in a context where changes in land cover, climate and control interventions are modifying its epidemiological patterns. Evidence-based decision making for the progressive control of the disease requires spatially-explicit information on its occurrence and prevalence, as well as on the distribution and abundance of the tsetse vector. In the framework of the continental Atlas of tsetse and African animal trypanosomosis (AAT), a geo-referenced database was assembled for Nigeria, based on the systematic review of 133 scientific publications (period January 1990 - March 2019).

A clinical and pathological description of 320 cases of naturally acquired Babesia rossi infection in dogs.

Babesia rossi causes the most severe clinical disease in dogs of all the babesia parasites. We included 320 naturally-infected dogs that presented for care at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital between 2006 and 2016. All dogs had mono-infections confirmed by multiplex PCR.

Disease severity and blood cytokine concentrations in dogs with natural Babesia rossi infection.

Aims: Babesia rossi causes severe disease in dogs. Here, we describe the association between serum cytokine concentrations and disease severity.

Methods: Seventeen controls and 55 PCR confirmed B rossi-infected dogs were included.