A review on the diagnosis of animal trypanosomoses

作者：Marc Desquesnes, Mary Isabel Gonzatti, Alireza Sazmand, Sophie Thévenon, Géraldine Bossard, Alain Boulangé, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Philippe Truc, Stéphane Herder, Sophie Ravel, Denis Séréno, Vincent Jamonneau, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Philippe Jacquiet, Philippe Solano, David Berthier · 发表于：Parasites & Vectors · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1186/s13071-022-05190-1 · 被引用次数：155 · 研究领域：Trypanosoma species research and implications、Research on Leishmaniasis Studies、Vector-borne infectious diseases

This review focuses on the most reliable and up-to-date methods for diagnosing trypanosomoses, a group of diseases of wild and domestic mammals, caused by trypanosomes, parasitic zooflagellate protozoans mainly transmitted by insects. In Africa, the Americas and Asia, these diseases, which in some cases affect humans, result in significant illness in animals and cause major economic losses in livestock. A number of pathogens are described in this review, including several Salivarian trypanosomes, such as Trypanosoma brucei sspp. (among which are the agents of sleeping sickness, the human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]), Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax (causing "Nagana" or animal African trypanosomosis [AAT]), Trypanosoma evansi ("Surra") and Trypanosoma equiperdum ("Dourine"), and Trypanosoma cruzi, a Stercorarian trypanosome, etiological agent of the American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease). Diagnostic methods for detecting zoonotic trypanosomes causing Chagas disease and HAT in animals, as well as a diagnostic method for detecting animal trypanosomes in humans (the so-called "atypical human infections by animal trypanosomes" [a-HT]), including T. evansi and Trypanosoma lewisi (a rat parasite), are also reviewed. Our goal is to present an integrated view of the various diagnostic methods and techniques, including those for: (i) parasite detection; (ii) DNA detection; and (iii) antibody detection. The discussion covers various other factors that need to be consid...