The African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei is a unicellular pathogen that causes lethal sleeping sickness in humans, which is a devastating and neglected tropical disease that is endemic to vast ...

Additionally, the data on the nuclear cap-binding complex will serve as the foundation to fully understand the details of RNA biogenesis and processing in Trypanosoma brucei (T.brucei). In addition to ...

A research group implemented a survey over two years to assess vector infestation and the infection risk of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomine bugs, the culprits responsible for Chagas ...

One thing you might want even less than a 'kiss' from a kissing bug is its feces. Scientifically referred to as triatomine bugs, these blood-sucking insects can carry in their feces and pass on to ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

In the heart of Illinois, while researching wildlife disease, I made a discovery that stunned me: More than half of the raccoons I sampled were infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that ...

Chagas disease, caused by infection with the protozoal parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by kissing bugs, affects 6-8 million people worldwide and results in approximately 50,000 deaths ...

Die Schlafkrankheit (Humane Afrikanische Trypanosomiasis) wird durch einen Parasiten namens Trypanosoma brucei verursacht, welcher als Zwischenwirt die Tsetsefliege nutzt. Die Krankheit kommt in den ...

One thing you might want even less than a "kiss" from a kissing bug is its feces. Scientifically referred to as triatomine bugs, these blood-sucking insects can carry in their feces and pass on to ...