Factors associated with acquisition of human infective and animal infective trypanosome infections in domestic livestock in Western Kenya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  von Wissmann, Beatrix ^a   Machila, Noreen ^a   Picozzi, Kim ^a   Fèvre, Eric M ^b   dec Bronsvoort, Barend M ^c   Handel, Ian G ^c   Welburn, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC PIG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BOVIDS; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RUMINANTS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 79851480695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000941     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Kristjanson PM, Swallow BM, Rowlands GJ, Kruska RL, de Leeuw PN (1999) Measuring the costs of African animal trypanosomosis, the potential benefits of control and returns to research. Agricultural Systems 59: 79-98.
2. WHO (2006) Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness): epidemiological update. Weekly epidemiological record 81: 71-80.
3. Government of Kenya (2001) Busia District Development Plan 2002-2008. Effective management for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. Nairobi Ministry of Finance and Planning.
4. FITCA (2005) Farming in Tsetse Controlled Areas. Kenya Project 1999-2006. Lessons Learned.
5. Taylor K, Authié E (2004) Pathogenesis of animal trypanosomiasis. In: Maudlin I, Holmes PH, Miles MA, editors. The Trypanosomiases Wallingford, Oxfordshire CABI Publishing pp. 331-353.
6. Mahmoud MM, Elmalik KH (1977) Trypanosomiasis: Goats as a possible reservoir of Trypanosoma congolense in the Republik of Sudan. Tropical Animal Health and Production 9: 167-170.
7. Onah DN (1991) Porcine trypanosomiasis in Nigeria: infection in local and exotic pigs in the Nsukka area of Anambra State. Tropical animal health and production 23: 141-146.
8. Waiswa C (2005) Porcine trypanosomiasis in southeastern Uganda: prevalence and assessment of therapeutic effectiveness. Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine 8: 59-68.
9. Uilenberg G (1998) A field guide for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of African animal trypanosomiasis. Rome Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
10. Kamuanga M (2003) Socio-economic and cultural factors in the research and control of trypanosomiasis. Rome FAO.
11. Holden S (1999) The economics of the delivery of veterinary services. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizooties 18: 425-439.
12. Zoller T, Fèvre E, Welburn SC, Odiit M, Coleman P (2008) Analysis of risk factors for T. brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness within villages in south-east Uganda. BMC Infectious Diseases 8.
13. Machila-Eisler N (2005) Improved targetting and appropriate use of trypanocidal drugs for the control of African bovine trypanosomiasis in tsetse endemic areas of western and coastal Kenya within the context of primary veterinary care [PhD Thesis]. Edinburgh University of Edinburgh.
14. Thuranira CM (2005) Socio-economic factors influencing livestock keeping dynamics in a smallholder crop-livestock system in western Kenya [PhD Thesis]. Edinburgh University of Edinburgh.
15. Picozzi K, Tilley A, Fèvre EM, Coleman PG, Magona JW, et al. (2002) The diagnosis of trypanosome infections: application of novel technology for reducing disease risk. African Journal of Biotechnology 1: 39-45.
16. Nicholson MJ, Butterworth MH (1986) A guide to condition scoring of zebu cattle. Addis Ababa International Livestock Centre for Africa.
17. Cox A, Tilley A, McOdimba F, Fyfe J, Eisler MC, et al. (2005) A PCR based assay for detection and differentiation of African trypanosome species in blood. Experimental Parasitology 111: 24-29.
18. Moser DR, Cook GA, Ochs DE, Baily CP, McKane MR, et al. (1989) Detection of Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma brucei subspecies by DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction. Parasitology 99: 57-66.
19. Picozzi K, Carrington M, Welburn SC (2008) A multiplex PCR that discriminates between Trypanosoma brucei brucei and T.b. rhodesiense. Experimental Parasitology 118: 41-46.
20. Dahoo I, Martin W, Stryhn H (2003) Veterinary Epidemiologic Reasearch. Charlestown, Canada AVC Inc.
21. Clausen P-H, Wiemann A, Patzel R, Kakaire D, Poetzsch C, et al. (1998) Use of a PCR assay for the specific and sensitive detection of trypanosoma spp. in naturally infected dairy cattle in peri-urban Kampala, Uganda. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 849: 21-31.
22. Solano P, Michel JF, Lefrancois T, de La Rocque S, Sidibe I, et al. (1999) Polymerase chain reaction as a diagnosis tool for detecting trypanosomes in naturally infected cattle in Burkina Faso. Veterinary Parasitology 86: 95-103.
23. Angus SD (1996) The epidemiology of trypanosomiasis in village livestock in an endemic sleeping sickness area of western Kenya. Glasgow University of Glasgow.
24. Karanja SM (2006) Epidemiology and importance of trypanosomiasis, heleminthosis and tick borne diseases on the performance of cattle in Busia District, Kenya [PhD Thesis]. Berlin Freie Universitaet Berlin.
25. Ng'ayo MO, Njiru ZK, Kenya EU, Muluvi GM, Osir EO, et al. (2005) Detection of trypanosomes in small ruminants and pigs in western Kenya: important reservoirs in the epidemiology of sleeping sickness? Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease 4: 5.
26. Waiswa C, Olaho-Mukani W, Katunguka-Rwakishaya E (2003) Domestic animals as reservoirs for sleeping sickness in three endemic foci in south-eastern Uganda. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 97: 149-155.
27. Murray M, Morrison WI, Whitelaw DD (1982) Host susceptibility to African trypanosomiasis: trypanotolerance. Advances in Parasitology 21: 1-68.
28. Staak C, Kaempe U, Korkowski G (1986) Species identification of bloodmeals from tsetse flies (Glossinidae): Results 1979-1985. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 37: 59-60.
29. Wamwiri FN, Nkwengulila G, Clausen P-H (2007) Hosts of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and G. pallidipes in areas of western Kenya with endemic sleeping sickness, as determined using an egg-yolk (IgY) ELISA. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 101: 225-232.
30. Okoth JO, Kapaata R (1988) Hosts of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes in Busoga, Uganda. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 80: 517-518.
31. Welburn SC, Maudlin I, Milligan PJM (1995) Trypanozoon: Infectivity to humans is linked to reduced transmissibility in tsetse: I. Comparison of human serum-resistant and human serum-sensitive field isolates. Experimental Parasitology 81: 404-408.
32. Trail JCM, Wissocq N, d'Ieteren GDM, Kakiese O, Murray M (1994) Patterns of Trypanosoma vivax and T. congolense infection differ in young N'Dama cattle and their dams. Veterinary Parasitology 55: 175-183.
33. Torr SJ, Mangwiro TN, Hall DR (2006) The effects of host physiology on the attraction of tsetse (Diptera: Glossinidae) and Stomoxys (Diptera: Muscidae) to cattle. Bulletin of Entomological Research 96: 71-84.
34. Torr SJ, Mangwiro TNC (2000) Interactions between cattle and biting flies: effects on the feeding rate of tsetse. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 14: 400-409.
35. Vale GA (1974) The response of tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) to mobile and stationary baits. Bulletin of Entomological Research 64: 545-588.
36. Rowlands GJ, Leak SGA, Peregrine AS, Nagda SM, Mulatu W, et al. (2001) The incidence of new and the prevalence and persistence of recurrent trypanosome infections in cattle in southwest Ethiopia exposed to a high challenge with drug-resistant parasites. Acta Tropica 79: 149-163.
37. Eisler MC, Magona JW, Jonsson NN, Revie CW (2007) A low cost decision support tool for the diagnosis of endemic bovine infectious diseases in the mixed crop-livestock production system of sub-Saharan Africa. Epidemiology and Infection 135: 67-75.
38. Grace D, Himstedt H, Sidibe I, Randolph T, Clausen P-H (2007) Comparing FAMACHA eye color chart and Hemoglobin Color Scale tests for detecting anemia and improving treatment of bovine trypanosomosis in West Africa. Veterinary Parasitology 147: 26-39.
39. Maudlin I, Welburn SC (1989) A single trypanosome is sufficient to to infect a tsetse fly. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 83: 431-433.
40. Van den Bossche P, Ky-Zerbo A, Brandt J, Marcotty T, Geerts S, et al. (2005) Transmissibility of Trypanosoma brucei during its development in cattle. Tropical Medicine and International Health 10: 833-839.
41. Hide G, Welburn SC, Tait A, Maudlin I (1994) Epidemiological relationships of Trypanosoma brucei stocks from South East Uganda: evidence for different population structures in human infective and non-human infective isolates. Parasitology 109: 95-111.
42. Hide G, Tait A, Maudlin I, Welburn SC (1996) The origins, dynamics and generation of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense epidemics in East Africa. Parasitology Today 12: 50-55.
43. Welburn SC, Picozzi K, Fèvre EM, Coleman PG, Odiit M, et al. (2001) Identification of human-infective trypanosomes in animal reservoirs of sleeping sickness in Uganda by means of serum-resistance-associated (SRA) gene. The Lancet 358: 2017-2019.
44. Rutto JJ, Karuga JW (2009) Temporal and spatial epidemiology of sleeping sickness and use of geographical information system (GIS) in Kenya. Journal ofVector Borne Diseases 46: 18-25.
45. Odiit M, Coleman PG, Liu W-C, McDermott JJ, Fèvre EM, et al. (2005) Quantifying the level of under-detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness cases. Tropical Medicine and International Health 10: 840-849.
46. Wacher TJ, Milligan PJM, Rawlings P, Snow WF (1994) Tsetse-trypanosomiasis challenge to village N'Dama cattle in The Gambia: field assessments of spatial and temporal patterns of tsetse-cattle contact and the risk of trypanosomiasis infection. Parasitology 109: 149-162.
47. de La Rocque S, Bengaly Z, Michel JF, Solano P, Sidibé I, et al. (1999) Importance des interfaces spatiales et temporelles entre les bovins at les glossines dans la transmission de la trypanosomose animal en Afrique de l'Ouest. Revue d'Élevage et de Médecine Véterinaire des Pays Tropicaux 52: 215-222.