Trypanosome infections in naturally infected horses and donkeys of three active sleeping sickness foci in the south of Chad.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Equine trypanosomiases are complex infectious diseases with overlapping clinical signs defined by their mode of transmission. Despite their economic impacts, these diseases have been neglected by the scientific community, the veterinary authorities and regulatory organizations. To fill the observed knowledge gap, we undertook the identification of different trypanosome species and subspecies naturally infecting horses and donkeys within the Chadian sleeping sickness focus. The objective of the study was to investigate the potential role of these domestic animals as reservoirs of the human-infective Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.

Method

Blood samples were collected from 155 donkeys and 131 horses in three human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) foci in Chad. Rapid diagn

SUBMITTER: Vourchakbe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7310289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature