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- Tsetse flies harbor three key bacterial symbionts—Wigglesworthia, Wolbachia, and Sodalis—potentially influencing their parasite infections, with a focus on assessing their prevalence in two species, G. austeni and G. pallidipes.
- The study analyzed fly samples from Kenya and South Africa using PCR and microscopy to determine bacterial and trypanosome infections.
- Results indicated that G. pallidipes females had a longer lifespan, Wolbachia was found in all G. austeni and absent in G. pallidipes, and infection rates for Sodalis and trypanosomes varied, with a notable prevalence of T. congolense.
The socio-economic impact of important camel diseases as perceived by a pastoralist community in Kenya.
Onderstepoort J Vet Res
December 2006
KARI-Trypanosomiasis Research Centre (KARI-TRC), P.O. Box 362, Kikuyu 00902, Kenya.
This paper presents the results of a study conducted in a pastoral community in Kenya using participatory appraisal approaches. The objective of the study was to assess the socio-economic impact of camel trypanosomosis (surra) according to the perceptions of the pastoralists. Four livestock grazing units were conveniently selected and in each of them, three groups of key informants comprising five to eight persons were selected for the participatory exercises.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIL-10 has been suggested as a possible parameter for human African trypanosomiasis stage determination. However, conclusive experimental studies have not been carried out to evaluate this, which is a prerequisite before a potential test can be validated in humans for diagnostic purposes. We used the vervet monkey model of trypanosomiasis to scrutinize IL-10 in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHuman African trypanosomiasis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in Western Kenya.
East Afr Med J
January 2005
KARI Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, P.O. Box 362, Kikuyu, Kenya.
Objective: To determine possible interaction between infections of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness and HIV/AIDS in Western Kenya.
Design: Random selection and testing for HIV infections of serum samples from HAT patients using an indirect single phase enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (EAI-Immunocomb II, oragenics).
Setting: National Sleeping Sickness Referral Hospital-Alupe.