2010
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60829-1
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Human African trypanosomiasis

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“…In absence of treatment, the parasites present in the blood and lymph during early stage HAT invade the central nervous system (CNS) provoking the fatal meningoencephalitic (late) stage of the disease. 1,2 The NTD status of sleeping sickness is highlighted by the fact that 3 out of the 4 drugs approved for its treatment (i.e., pentamidine, melarsoprol, suramin) were discovered more that 60 years ago. The other drug, eflornithine, was approved in 1990 for the treatment of late-stage T. b. gambiense infection.…”
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“…In absence of treatment, the parasites present in the blood and lymph during early stage HAT invade the central nervous system (CNS) provoking the fatal meningoencephalitic (late) stage of the disease. 1,2 The NTD status of sleeping sickness is highlighted by the fact that 3 out of the 4 drugs approved for its treatment (i.e., pentamidine, melarsoprol, suramin) were discovered more that 60 years ago. The other drug, eflornithine, was approved in 1990 for the treatment of late-stage T. b. gambiense infection.…”
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“…[10][11] O Trypanosoma brucei têm um complicado ciclo de vida, onde quatro formas distintas do parasita podem ser encontradas: sanguínea no hospedeiro mamífero; tripomastigota procíclica no intestino da mosca tsé-tsé; epimastigota e tripomastigota metacíclica na glândula salivaria do vetor tsé-tsé (figura 2). A forma tripomastigota sanguínea encontra um ambiente rico em glicose no hospedeiro, produzindo toda energia através da glicólise.…”
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“…10 No estágio inicial de infecção em humanos, quando os tripanossomos são encontrados no sistema linfático e sanguíneo, observa-se febre, dor de cabeça e inchaço dos gânglios linfáticos. No estágio avançado da doença o parasito é também encontrado no cérebro e fluído cérebro-espinhal.…”
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