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Item Acta Tropica(veterinary Record, 1986) Wissenschaften, B. Z.An international journal of biomedical sciences, gives attention to every aspect of this field relevant to human health, including veterinary medicine and biology in the tropics. The subjects dealt with range from medicine and community health to epidemiology and the biology of parasites and vectors as well as to toxicology. The Journal is open to contributions concerning either basic or applied research in disciplines such as taxonomy, morphology, biochemistry, physiology and immunology. Contributions may be in the form of original papers, review articles, or short communications.Item Human Trypanosomiasis in South-East Uganda(1963) Robertson, D.H.H. Baker, J. R. ; East African Trypanosomias Research Tororo UgandaDuring the past two decades there has been an increase in the incidence and spread of sleeping-sickness due to Trypanosoma rhodesiense throughout the north-eastern shore area of Lake Victoria; this increase has been associated with heightened fishing activity and increasing and irregular settlement of the tsetse-fly belt of south-east Uganda. The author describes a number of epidemiological factors affecting the occurrence of the disease among fishermen, placing emphasi~ on the correct development of the local fishing industry to avoid, on the one hand, depleting the fish population and, on the other, increasing the incidence of sleeping-sickness. Sociological factors which militate against the development of settlement in Glossinainfested areas of south-east Uganda are also described and plans for future settlement in that area are discussed.Item Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute Cryobank forHuman and Animal Trypanosome Isolates to SupportResearch: Opportunities and Challenges(Kenya Agriculture Research Institute, 2014) Murilla, G. A.; Kenya Agriculture Research Institute; 1. Kenya Agricultural Research Institute – Trypanosomiasis Research Centre (KARI-TRC), Kikuyu, Kenya, 2.Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Geneva,Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is classified in the category of the most neglected tropical diseases. In man, the disease is caused by two tsetse (Glossina spp.)-transmitted trypanosome subspecies: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is responsible for the chronic form of HAT in West and Central Africa, and T. b. rhodesiense, which causes acute disease in eastern and southern Africa. African animal trypanosomiasis (AAT) is caused by various trypanosome species, the major ones being T. vivax, T. congolense, and T. evansi [1].Item The Pathology of African Trypanosomiasis.(1970) GOODWIN, L. G.; Nutfield Institute Comparative Medicine, the zoological society of London Regents Park LondonI must, at the beginning of this paper, acknowledge the immensely valuable support given to work on all aspects of trypanosomiasis by the British Ministry of Overseas Development. From colonial times, the authorities have recognized the threat of this dangerous disease to man and his domestic animals, and also the fact that its study involves the disciplines of human medicine, veterinary medicine, mammalogy and entomology in equal measures. The Ministry has continued to initiate and to support research projects in Britain and overseas and it holds seminars at which progress is assessed. One of its latest achievements has been to sponsor a book, The African Trypanosomiases edited by Colonel H. W. MULLIGAN and Mr. W. H. POTTS (1970), into which the accumulated field and laboratory experience of British workers in all aspects of trypanosomasis has been distilled. It is on the brink of publication and contains so much wisdom that it is certain to become an 'instant' classic. It would therefore seem somewhat pretentious for me to present a paper, at this particular time, on any aspect of the disease. But trypanosomiasis has not been considered by a full Meeting of this Society for several years, and I hope that this evening's discussion may serve as an aperitif to whet your appetites for what is to come.Item Titres of The Igm Class of Immunoglobulins In Gambian Sleeping Sickness and Other Disease Conditions(1961/1962) Watson, H.J.C.; Chirieleison, G.; Nigerian Institute of Trypanosomiasis Research KadunaThe work of Mattern et al. (1961) and Mattern (1962) has demonstrated that raised levels of the IgM class of immunoglobulins which occur in human trypanosomiasis provide a valuable means for the presumptive diagnosis of the disease. In considering the use of this technique, it is obviously of importance that information should be available on the IgM titres occurring in other pathological conditions which might complicate or confuse its application. This paper describes findings in patients with Gambian trypanosomiasis, both before and after they had been treated, and in a variety of other conditions.Item Urbanization and the Epidemiology of Mosquito-Borne Disease(1971) GORDON, S.; Microbiology Research Establishment Portan salisburyMan is a major factor in the rapid environmental changes characteristic of the twentieth century. Deliberate changes in the environment may be made by man for a number of reasons: more food, hydroelectric power, more living continuing cycle of environmental modification. Associated with the growth of urban centres is industry, which, because it attracts large labour forces, increases the pressure for more living facilities and the demand for further agricultural extension, so contributing to a cycle of environmental change. If man is considered as a major ecological factor, urbanization is the major feature of the present-day dynamic environment.
