Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax: its biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and introduction in the New World - A review.

OSÓRIO, A. L. A. R.; MADRUGA, C. R.; DESQUESNES, M.; SOARES, C. O.; RIBEIRO, L. R. R.; COSTA, S. C. G. da; Ana Luiza Alves Rosa Osório, UFMS; Claudio Roberto Madruga, CNPGC; Marc Desquesnes Cirad UR Trypanosomes Bangkok Thaïland Cirad UR Trypanosomes Montpellier France Kasetsart University Bangkok Thailand; Cleber Oliveira Soares, CNPGC; Laura Raquel Rios Ribeiro, UCDB; Sylvio Celso Gonçalves da Costa Laboratório de Imunomodulação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz.

Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax: its biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and introduction in the New World - A review.

2009 | 2008

OSÓRIO, A. L. A. R. | MADRUGA, C. R. | DESQUESNES, M. | SOARES, C. O. | RIBEIRO, L. R. R. | COSTA, S. C. G. da | Ana Luiza Alves Rosa Osório, UFMS; Claudio Roberto Madruga, CNPGC; Marc Desquesnes Cirad UR Trypanosomes Bangkok Thaïland Cirad UR Trypanosomes Montpellier France Kasetsart University Bangkok Thailand; Cleber Oliveira Soares, CNPGC; Laura Raquel Rios Ribeiro, UCDB; Sylvio Celso Gonçalves da Costa Laboratório de Imunomodulação Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz.

The biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques, and history of the introduction of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax in the New World are reviewed. The two main immunological responses of trypanosome-infected animals - antibody production and immunodepression - are discussed in the context of how these responses play a role in disease tolerance or susceptibility. Isolation and purification of T. vivax are briefly discussed. The recent reports of bovine trypanosomiasis diagnosed in cattle on farms located in the Pantanal region of the states of Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso, Brazil, are also discussed.

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