How can molecular diagnostics contribute to the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis?

Single primer-triggered isothermal amplification for double-stranded DNA detection

(2015) Cuiping Ma et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

The hybridization chain reaction in the development of ultrasensitive nucleic acid assays

(2015) Juleiha Ikbal et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Accuracy of Individual Rapid Tests for Serodiagnosis of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness in West Africa

(2015) Vincent Jamonneau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Outcome of acute East African trypanosomiasis in a Polish traveller treated with pentamidine

(2014) Małgorzata Paul et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of nucleic acid sequence-based amplification and loop-mediated isothermal amplification for diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis

(2014) Claire M. Mugasa et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Molecular diagnosis in clinical parasitology: When and why?

(2014) Samson SY Wong et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Sensitivity testing of trypanosome detection by PCR from whole blood samples using manual and automated DNA extraction methods

(2014) J. Dunlop et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Treatment options for second-stage gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

(2014) Gilles Eperon et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Diagnosis of Trypanosomatid Infections

(2014) Pablo González-Andrade et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

The molecular arms race between African trypanosomes and humans

(2014) Etienne Pays et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Determination of the prevalence of African trypanosome species in indigenous dogs of Mambwe district, eastern Zambia, by loop-mediated isothermal amplification

(2014) Malimba Lisulo et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The journey towards elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis: not far, nor easy

(2014) J. R. FRANCO et al.   PARASITOLOGY

The Changing Epidemiology of Human African Trypanosomiasis among Patients from Nonendemic Countries –1902–2012

(2014) Ami Neuberger et al.   PLoS One

Integration of diagnosis and treatment of sleeping sickness in primary healthcare facilities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2014) P. Mitashi et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Human African Trypanosomiasis Presenting at Least 29 Years after Infection—What Can This Teach Us about the Pathogenesis and Control of This Neglected Tropical Disease?

(2014) Darshan Sudarshi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evaluation of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Prototype Rapid Tests for Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2014) Jeremy M. Sternberg et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Performance of Parasitological and Molecular Techniques for the Diagnosis and Surveillance of Gambiense Sleeping Sickness

(2014) Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sensitivity and specificity of HAT Sero-K-SeT, a rapid diagnostic test for serodiagnosis of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: a case-control study

(2014) Philippe Büscher et al.   Lancet Global Health

Mapping the capacities of fixed health facilities to cover people at risk of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

(2014) Pere P Simarro et al.   International Journal of Health Geographics

Impacts des évolutions démographiques et climatiques sur la répartition spatiale des hommes, des tsé-tsé et des trypanosomoses en Afrique de l’Ouest

(2013) F. Courtin et al.   Parasite

Domestic pigs as potential reservoirs of human and animal trypanosomiasis in Northern Tanzania

(2013) Louise C Hamill et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Cattle movements and trypanosomes: restocking efforts and the spread of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness in post-conflict Uganda

(2013) Richard Selby et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The miRNA and mRNA Signatures of Peripheral Blood Cells in Humans Infected with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

(2013) Smiths Leong et al.   PLoS One

Diagnostic Accuracy of Loopamp Trypanosoma brucei Detection Kit for Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Clinical Samples

(2013) Patrick Mitashi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Human African Trypanosomiasis in a Traveler: Diagnostic Pitfalls

(2012) Eyal Meltzer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Controlling the function of DNA nanostructures with specific trigger sequences

(2012) Stijn Deborggraeve et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Recent progress in molecular diagnosis of sleeping sickness

(2012) Stijn Deborggraeve et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

Isothermal nucleic acid amplification technologies for point-of-care diagnostics: a critical review

(2012) Pascal Craw et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Diagnostic Accuracy of Molecular Amplification Tests for Human African Trypanosomiasis—Systematic Review

(2012) Claire M. Mugasa et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Technology: Towards Point of Care Diagnostics

(2012) Zablon Kithinji Njiru   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Estimating and Mapping the Population at Risk of Sleeping Sickness

(2012) Pere P. Simarro et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Untreated Human Infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Are Not 100% Fatal

(2012) Vincent Jamonneau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Using Molecular Data for Epidemiological Inference: Assessing the Prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in Tsetse in Serengeti, Tanzania

(2012) Harriet K. Auty et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Human African trypanosomiasis: a review of non-endemic cases in the past 20 years

(2011) Stephanie J. Migchelsen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Human African Trypanosomiasis in Non‐Endemic Countries (2000–2010)

(2011) Pere P. Simarro et al.   JOURNAL OF TRAVEL MEDICINE

Latent Trypanosoma brucei gambiense foci in Uganda: a silent epidemic in children and adults?

(2011) S. L. WASTLING et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Health care-seeking behaviour and diagnostic delays for Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2011) E. Hasker et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Apparent lack of a domestic animal reservoir in Gambiense sleeping sickness in northwest Uganda

(2011) Apollo Simon Peter Balyeidhusa et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Prevalence of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2011) Dieudonne Mumba et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR in gambiense Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis, Staging and Post-Treatment Follow-Up: A 2-year Longitudinal Study

(2011) Stijn Deborggraeve et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Characterisation of the Wildlife Reservoir Community for Human and Animal Trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

(2011) Neil E. Anderson et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Comparison of short-term and long-term protocols for stabilization and preservation of RNA and DNA of Leishmania, Trypanosoma, and Plasmodium

(2010) Frank L. Basiye et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Comparative Detection of Trypanosomal DNA by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification and PCR from Flinders Technology Associates Cards Spotted with Patient Blood

(2010) E. Matovu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sleeping sickness diagnosis: use of buffy coats improves the sensitivity of the mini anion exchange centrifugation test

(2010) Mamadou Camara et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Improved Models of Mini Anion Exchange Centrifugation Technique (mAECT) and Modified Single Centrifugation (MSC) for Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis and Staging

(2009) Philippe Büscher et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Detection of Trypanosoma brucei parasites in blood samples using real-time nucleic acid sequence-based amplification

(2008) Claire M. Mugasa et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Molecular analysis of archived blood slides reveals an atypical human Trypanosoma infection

(2008) Stijn Deborggraeve et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Nucleic Acid Sequence-Based Amplification with Oligochromatography for Detection of Trypanosoma brucei in Clinical Samples

(2008) C. M. Mugasa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A comparison of DNA extraction procedures for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, in clinical and environmental specimens

(2008) Lies Durnez et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method for Rapid Detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

(2008) Zablon Kithinji Njiru et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

African trypanosomiasis: Sensitive and rapid detection of the sub-genus Trypanozoon by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of parasite DNA

(2007) Z.K. Njiru et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY