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Sleeping sickness: towards elimination?

Sleeping Sickness (SS) is being controlled in most African countries after the epidemic that started in the 1990’s.WHO had a major role in building awareness and implementing solutions that covered capacity building, diagnosis optimization, drug availability and distribution and vector control measures.Although much remains to be done specially in countries with civil instability, the Atlas […]
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Infection by intestinal parasites, stunting and anemia in school-aged children from southern Angola

Intestinal parasites are responsible for morbidity in children worldwide, especially in low income countries. In the present study we determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and explore its association with anemia and stunting in school-aged children. A cross-sectional study was conducted from September to October 2010 enrolling 328 children attending the primary school in Lubango, […]
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Prevalence and level of antibodies anti-plasmodium spp. in travellers with clinical history of imported malaria

In this study, we show that 40.29% of travellers with a possible history of malaria exposure were positive for anti-Plasmodium spp. antibodies, while these individuals were negative by microscopy. The antibody test described here is useful to elucidate malaria exposure in microscopy-negative travellers from endemic countries.
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Trypanosoma brucei: immunisation with plasmid DNA encoding invariant surface glycoprotein gene is able to induce partial protection in experimental African trypanosomiasis.

Trypanosoma brucei is the etiological agent responsible for African trypanosomiasis, an infectious pathology which represents a serious problem of public health and economic losses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Trypanosoma brucei: Immunisation with plasmid DNA encoding invariant surface glycoprotein gene is able to induce partial protection in experimental African trypanosomiasis.

Trypanosoma brucei is the etiological agent responsible for African trypanosomiasis, an infectious pathology which represents a serious problem of public health and economic losses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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