TRYPNET: new hemoparasite information network
Ann N Y Acad Sci
; 791: 166-71, July 23, 1996.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-2984
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; Reprint Collection
ABSTRACT
Although Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana share borders and climatic and geographic similarities, the countries have maintained little contact, due to language, political, and administrative differences. In 1993, two international organizations involved in the improvement of animal health, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and CIRAD-EMVT (Centre de Cooperation en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developement-Elevage et Medicine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux), jointly developed a collaborative project between the veterinary services of the three countries entitled Hemoparsite Network of the Guianas. This project seeks to pool livestock, laboratory, and technical resources between the three countries in order to generate and exchange information on hemoparasites of livestock. A Hemoparasite Reference Laboratory for the Guianas has been created at the CIRAD-EMVT laboratory in Cayenne, French Guiana. Besides processing ruminant serum samples for the three countries, specialists from this organization conduct training in hemoparasite diagnostic techniques for laboratory personnel from Guyana and Suriname. A large-scale epidemiologic study of cattle in the three countries is under way, to determine the prevalence, distribution, and clinical and economic significance of hemoparasites in the three countries, particularly Trypanosoma vivax and T. envansi. Preliminary results are presented and discussed. A hemoparasite information Network (TRYPNET) has been initiated, including a quarterly hemoparasite newsletter (TRYPNEWS), published in English and Spanish and disseminated to researchers in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. In 1995/96, it is proposed to expand the network's scope to include Venezuela and Brazil. (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
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Tripanossomíase
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Doenças Parasitárias
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Doenças dos Bovinos
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Bases de Dados Factuais
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Caribe Inglês
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Guiana Francesa
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Suriname
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Ann N Y Acad Sci
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Artigo