Trypanocidal potential of some fungal extracts against T.brucei brucei
Haruna Hamisu Sani
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
2019
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African trypanosomiasis, is commonly referred to as sleeping sickness in humans and 'Nagana in cattle, is a disease that is resurgent in Africa (Yusuf et al., 2012). It affects most species of domestic livestock, many types of wild animals, and man (Henry et al., 2012).The disease remains one of the major constraints to ruminant livestock in sub-Saharan Africa (Farougou et al., 2012). It is an infectious disease caused by a range of protozoan parasites of the genus Trypanosoma. There are three importance species; all three species are transmitted by tsetse flies in the genus Glossina, in which they have an obligate life cycle stages. It affects domestic livestock in sub-Saharan Africa and consequently has a severe economic impact (Coustou et al., 2010).
