Publications

Manuals & Guidelines

Animal Trypanosomosis: Diagnosis and Epidemiology.
Results of a FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Programme on the use of immunoassay methods for improved diagnosis of trypanosomosis and monitoring tsetse and trypanosomosis control programmes, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, ISBN 90-5782-065-X (2000).

Summary

An initial FAO/IAEA Co-ordinated Research Programme (CRP) was organized from 1987-1993 with funding from the Government of the Netherlands to validate an antigen-detection ELISA developed by the International laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD). The test had shown promising results in laboratory investigation detecting the percentage of trypanosome infected animals. The ELISA was validated in ten countries in Africa and the results were extensively reported in IAEA-TECDOC-707. Although some difficulties in the interpretation of results were encountered, the test was considered reliable enough to request additional funding for a second CRP in order to apply the assay as a tool for monitoring disease control programmes in Africa. To bridge the gap of two years between the two CRPs, funding was obtained from the Overseas Development Agency of the United Kingdom and the IAEA Department of Technical Co-operation. The results of these two years have been reported in IAEA-TECDOC-925. In September 1995 the second CRP, entitled "use of immunoassay methods for improve diagnosis of trypanosomosis and monitoring tsetse and trypanosomosis control programmes" was initiated. the background, activities, results, conclusions and recommendations are reported in this publication.

A total of 20 research institutes were actively participating in the CRP of which 15 are located in Africa.

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