Time to put out the lights on sleeping sickness?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Nimmo, Camus ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Eradication; Human African trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

EFLORNITHINE; MELARSOPROL; NIFURTIMOX; PAFURAMIDINE; PENTAMIDINE; SURAMIN;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGITATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CONFUSION; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; PARALYSIS; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TSETSE FLY; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 78049251282     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. WHO list of neglected tropical diseases [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from http://www.who.int/neglected-diseases/diseases/en
2. P. Simarro, J. Jannin, and P. Cattand Eliminating human African trypanosomiasis: where do we stand and what comes next? PLoS Med 5 2 2008 Feb 174 180
3. Weekly Epidemiological Record 81 2006 Feb 24 69 80
4. J. Jannin, F.J. Louis, P. Lucas, and P.P. Simarro Control of human African trypanosomiasis: back to square one (in French) Med Trop (Mars) 61 4-5 2001 437 440
5. WHO report on Global surveillance of epidemic-prone infectious diseases p95-106 [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from http://www.who.int/csr/resources/ publications/surveillance/a-tryps.pdf
6. M. Koffi, T. De Meeûs, B. Bucheton, P. Solano, M. Camara, and D. Kaba Population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the agent of sleeping sickness in Western Africa Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 106 1 2009 Jan 6 209 214
7. A. MacLeod, A. Tait, and C.M. Turner The population genetics of Trypanosoma brucei and the origin of human infectivity Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 356 1411 2001 Jul 29 1035 1044
8. P. Solano, S. Ravel, and T. de Meeûs How can tsetse population genetics contribute to African trypanosomiasis control? Trends Parasitol 26 5 2010 May 255 263
9. D. Steverding The history of African trypanosomiasis Parasit Vectors 1 2008 3
10. F. Courtin, I. Sidibé, J. Rouamba, V. Jamonneau, A. Gouro, and P. Solano Population growth and global warming: impacts on tsetse and trypanosomoses in West Africa (in French) Parasite 16 1 2009 Mar 3 10
11. P. de Raadt The history of sleeping sickness. Fourth International cours on African trypanosomoses [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from: http://www.who.int/trypanosomiasis-african/country/history/en/index.html 2005 Oct 11-28
12. K.A. Hoppe Lords of the fly: colonial visions and revisions of African sleeping-sickness environments on Ugandan Lake Victoria, 1906-61 Africa 67 1 1997 86 105
13. M.J. Vreysen, K.M. Saleh, M.Y. Ali, Abdulla A.M., Zhu Z.R., and Juma K.G. Glossina austeni eradicated on the island of Unguja, Zanzibar, using the sterile insect technique J Econ Entomol 93 1 2000 Feb 123 135
14. J.P. Kabayo Aiming to eliminate tsetse from Africa Trends Parasitol 18 11 2002 Nov 473 475
15. PATTEC Newsletter 2002 Mar Available from http://www.africa-union.org/ Structure-of-the-Commission/Pattec/Maiden%20Edition-PATTEC%20newsleter-3.pdf
16. PATTEC Plan of Action 2001 Jun Available from http://www.africa-union. org/Structure-of-the-Commission/Pattec/PATTECAction-Plan-English.pdf
17. The PATTEC Initiative since Inception: 2000-2009 [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from http://www.pattec.org/reports/PATTEC-Key-Milestones.pdf
18. I. Maudlin African trypanosomiasis - centennial review Ann Trop Med Parasitol 100 2006 679 701
19. African Union Statement from the Commission of the African Union to the AHP/DFID special workshop on tsetse control - the next 100 years 2002 Sept 9-10 Edinburgh, UK [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from http://www.africa-union.org/ Structure-of-the-Commission/Pattec/Statement%20by%20the%20Commission%20V2.pdf
20. Report of a WHO Informal Consultation on Sustainable Control of Human African Trypanosomiasis [cited 2010 Apr 28]. Available from http://whqlibdoc. who.int/hq/2007/WHO-CDS-NTD-IDM-2007.6-eng.pdf
21. U. Samarasekera Margaret Chan's vision for the WHO Lancet 369 2007 1915 1916
22. S. Deborggraeve, F. Claes, T. Laurent, P. Mertens, T. Leclipteux, and J.C. Dujardin Molecular dipstick test for diagnosis of sleeping sickness J Clin Microbiol 44 2006 2884 2889
23. M. Balasegaram, H. Young, F. Chappuis, G. Priotto, M.E. Raguenaud, and F. Checchi Effectiveness of melarsoprol and eflornithine as first-line regimens for gambiense sleeping sickness in nine Médecins Sans Frontires programmes Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 103 3 2009 Mar 280 290
24. J. Blum, S. Nkunku, and C. Burri Clinical description of encephalopathic syndromes and risk factors for their occurrence and outcome during melarsoprol treatment of human African trypanosomiasis Trop Med Int Health 6 2001 390 400
25. Press release Immtech focusing on new infectious disease programs following discontinuation of development of pafuramidine Available from http://www.immtechpharma.com/documents/news-022208.pdf Released 2008 Feb 22 [cited 2010 Apr 28]
26. G. Priotto, S. Kasparian, W. Mutombo, D. Ngouama, S. Ghorashian, and U. Arnold Nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy for second-stage African Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis: a multicentre, randomised, phase III, non-inferiority trial Lancet 374 9683 2009 Jul 4 56 64
27. WHO model list of essential medicines 16th ed Released 2009 Mar Available from http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/essentialmedicines/en/ [cited 2010 Apr 28]
28. D. Courtin, D. Berthier, S. Thevenon, G.K. Dayo, A. Garcia, and B. Boucheton Host genetics in African trypanosomiasis Infect Genet Evol. 8 3 2008 May 229 238
29. A. Garcia, D. Courtin, P. Solano, M. Koffi, and V. Jamonneau Human African trypanosomiasis: connecting parasite and host genetics Trends Parasitol 22 9 2006 Sep 405 409
30. P.M. Kgori, S. Modo, and S.J. Torr The use of aerial spraying to eliminate tsetse from the Okavango Delta of Botswana Acta Trop 99 2-3 2006 Oct 184 199
31. J.W. Hargrove, S. Omolo, J.S. Msalilwa, and B. Fox Insecticide-treated cattle for tsetse control: the power and the problems Med Vet Entomol 14 2 2000 Jun 123 130
32. S. Aksoy, M. Berriman, N. Hall, M. Hattori, W. Hide, and M.J. Lehane A case for a Glossina genome project Trend Parasitol 21 2005 107 111
33. G.J. Rowlands, S.G. Leak, W. Mulatu, S.M. Nagda, A. Wilson, and G.D. d'Ieteren Use of deltamethrin 'pour-on' insecticide for the control of cattle trypanosomosis in the presence of high tsetse invasion Med Vet Entomol 15 1 2001 Mar 87 96
34. R. Okiria, N.M. Okuna, J.W. Magona, and J.S. Mayende Sustainability of tsetse control by subsequent treatment of 10% of a previously treated Ugandan cattle population with 1% w/v deltamethrin Trop Anim Health Prod 34 2 2002 Mar 105 114
35. M. Rowland, N. Durrani, M. Kenward, N. Mohammed, H. Urahman, and S. Hewitt Control of malaria in Pakistan by applying deltamethrin insecticide to cattle: a community-randomised trial Lancet 357 9271 2001 Jun 9 1837 1841
36. M. Kagbadouno, M. Camara, J. Bouyer, J.P. Hervouet, F. Courtin, and V. Jamonneau Tsetse elimination: its interest and feasibility in the historical sleeping sickness focus of Loos islands, Guinea Parasite 16 1 2009 Mar 29 35