title: Cattle trypanosomosis: the diversity of trypanosomes and implications for disease epidemiology and control.
abstract: Trypanosomosis is one of the most significant infectious threats to cattle in sub-Saharan Africa, and one form has also spread to Asia and South America. The disease is caused by a complex of trypanosome species, and the species and strain of parasite can have a profound influence upon the epidemiology of the host-parasite-vector relationships, the severity and course of infection, and, consequently, the implementation and development of control methods. This review will summarise our current knowledge of the relationship between trypanosome species/genotype and the phenotype of disease in cattle, and the implications that this has for ongoing efforts to develop diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for the control of cattle trypanosomosis.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Auty
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Torr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Michoel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jayaraman
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D014644:Genetic Variation; D014943:Global Health; D013045:Species Specificity; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D014354:Trypanosomiasis, Bovine / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control