-transparent.png){kind=logo}
The RoTat 1/2 CATT test developed for Trypanosoma evansi was used in comparison with other diagnostic tests for the detection of T. rhodesiense infection in the northern part of the Luangwa Valley. The human population, the domestic and a large number of game animals were positive with the RoTat 1/2 CATT, the Ag-ELISA, the IFAT and the radioimmunoprecipitation tests. Human sera from these areas precipitated the same trypanosome-antigen components 35S-methionine labelled whereas few differences in band patterns were found between individual game animals. Surprisingly, however, T. rhodesiense could not be isolated from the "Ag-ELISA and radioimmunoprecipitation" positive patients from the Musenga and Kasyasya localities. The fact that the CATT positive humans were positive in antigen detection tests, does indicate that in all probability they carry or had been carrying a subpatent infection. These results suggest that the reservoir for T. rhodesiense in that region is considerable, comprising the game animals and probably to an even greater extent, the human population.
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
January 1972,
Tropical animal health and production,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
April 1991,
The Veterinary record,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
January 1988,
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
July 2012,
Tropical doctor,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
January 2003,
Journal of human evolution,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
September 2015,
Parasites & vectors,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
July 1972,
Journal of reproduction and fertility,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
September 1984,
Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
June 2011,
PLoS neglected tropical diseases,
E B Songa, and
R Hamers, and
R Rickman, and
V M Nantulya, and
A F Mulla, and
E Magnus
December 1979,
Acta tropica,
