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The indigenous cattle populations of Eastern Africa are vital tr the subsistence and economic development of the region, providing essential food products, sustaining the employment and income of millions of East Africans living in the rural areas, and providing manure as well as draft power used...

Six stocks of Trypanosoma vivax were investigated for their drug sensitivity to isometamidium chloride and diminazene aceturate. It was evaluated whether in vitro tests had the potential to distinguish between drug-sensitive and drug-resistant stocks of T vivax. Four in vitro tests were employed ...

Immunity to East Coast fever, a parasitic disease of cattle, is partially attributable to a cell-mediated immune response directed at cells infected with the schizont stage of the parasite. This response is in the form of cytotoxic T cells which can be measured in vitro after stimulating peripher...

In order to strengthen economic development policy, a broad definition of economic development is offered: the mutually reinforcing increase in collective institution-building and individual ends-meeting capacities. A conceptual framework based on this definition is presented that unites into a c...

African trypanosomes infect cattle and humans in tsetse fly-infested areas of sub-Saharan Africa, causing sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. To date, no vaccines are available to combat these economically important diseases. In order to develop safe and protective vaccines, the ...

This collection of papers (submitted as a doctoral thesis) considers the various aspects of cellular differentiation and genetics of the trypanosome life cycle. The first chapters gives a general introduction to African trypanosomiasis. The next 4 discuss the DNA content of the genus Trypanosoma,...

Since the anaemia of T. congolense infection, which has been shown to be mainly due to erythrocyte destruction by macrophages of the mononuclear phagocytic system, has been shown to be associated with poor reticulocyte response, a study was designed to verify if the unresponsiveness is attributab...