Title |
An outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in the Blue Nile State, Sudan
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Published in |
Parasites & Vectors, May 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1756-3305-4-74 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Bashir Salim, Mohammed A Bakheit, Sir Elkhatim Salih, Joseph Kamau, Ichiro Nakamura, Ryo Nakao, Chihiro Sugimoto |
Abstract |
In this paper, we report an outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in Kurmuk District, Blue Nile State, Sudan that involved an infection with four Trypanosoma species in cattle. The outbreak occurred in June 2010 when indigenous cattle, mainly Kenana and Fulani breed types, crossed the national Sudanese border to Ethiopia and returned. A veterinarian was notified of massive deaths in the cattle populations that recently came from Ethiopia. All animals involved in the outbreak were from the nomadic Fulani group and resident local cattle were not infected and no death has been reported among them. A total of 210 blood samples were collected from the ear vein of cattle. A few samples were also collected from other domestic animals species. Parasitological examinations including hematocrit centrifugation techniques (HCT) and Giemsa-stained thin blood films were carried out. ITS1-PCR, which provides a multi-species-specific diagnosis in a single PCR, was performed. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 2% |
Uganda | 1 | 2% |
Kenya | 1 | 2% |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2% |
Spain | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 41 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 17% |
Researcher | 6 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 13% |
Student > Master | 4 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
Other | 10 | 22% |
Unknown | 9 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 28% |
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 6 | 13% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 9% |
Engineering | 3 | 7% |
Other | 6 | 13% |
Unknown | 8 | 17% |