E. Matovu

A combined CXCL10, CXCL8 and H-FABP panel for the staging of human African trypanosomiasis patients (2009)

Hainard, A., Tiberti, N., Robin, X., Lejon, V., Ngoyi, D. M., Matovu, E., ...

BACKGROUND: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a parasitic tropical disease. It progresses from the first, haemolymphatic stage to a neurological second stage...

Detection of trypanosomes in suspected sleeping sickness patients in Uganda using the polymerase chain reaction.

Kyambadde, J. W., Enyaru, J. C., Matovu, E., Odiit, M., Carasco, J. F.

Diagnosis of sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis) is difficult because of the fluctuating levels of parasitaemia encountered in patients. In the present study we found that the polymerase chain...

Genotypic status of the TbAT1/P2 adenosine transporter of trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolates from Northwestern Uganda following melarsoprol withdrawal

Kazibwe, A.J.N., Nerima, B., De Koning, H.P., Mäser, P., Barrett, M.P., Matovu, E.

Background: The development of arsenical and diamidine resistance in Trypanosoma brucei is associated with loss of drug uptake by the P2 purine transporter as a result of alterations in the...