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Studies of trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa valley, north-eastern Zambia

Overview of attention for article published in Parasites & Vectors, September 2015
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Title
Studies of trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa valley, north-eastern Zambia
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Parasites & Vectors, September 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13071-015-1112-y
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Dusit Laohasinnarong, Yasuhuki Goto, Masahito Asada, Ryo Nakao, Kyoko Hayashida, Kiichi Kajino, Shin-ichiro Kawazu, Chihiro Sugimoto, Noboru Inoue, Boniface Namangala

Abstract

The present study, conducted in Zambia's Luangwa valley where both animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are endemic, combined the use of microscopy and molecular techniques to determine the presence of trypanosome species in cattle, goats and tsetse flies. This study was conducted between 2008 and 2010 in Petauke, Chama and Isoka districts, north-eastern Zambia. A total of 243 cattle, 36 goats and 546 tsetse flies, were examined for presence of trypanosome species using microscopy, PCR and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). There was poor agreement among the test methods used for detection of trypanosomes species in animal blood and tsetse flies. Trypanosomes were observed in 6.1 % (95 % CI: 3.3-8.9 %) of the animals sampled by microscopy, 7.5 % (95 % CI: 4.4-10.6 %) by PCR and 18.6 % (95 % CI: 13.6-23.6 %) by PFR-LAMP. PFR-LAMP was more sensitive for detecting Trypanozoon than KIN-PCR. The highest occurrence of AAT was recorded in cattle from Petauke (58.7 %, 95 % CI: 44.7-72.7 %) while the lowest was from Isoka (5.4 %, 95 % CI: 0.8-10.0 %). Infection of both cattle and goats with Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax was associated with clinical AAT. When selecting molecular techniques for AAT surveillance in endemic regions, the KIN-PCR and species-specific PCR may be recommended for screening animal or tsetse fly samples for T. congolense and T. vivax, respectively. On the other hand, species-specific PCR and/or LAMP might be of greater value in the screening of animal and human body fluids as well as tsetse fly samples for Trypanozoon.

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Unknown 78 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 19%
Student > Master 10 13%
Student > Postgraduate 5 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Other 14 18%
Unknown 15 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 28%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 13 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 5%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 19 24%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 November 2020.
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#7,541,419
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#1,788
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#89,983
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