00103 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9100103

Status

: T

Project Code

: UG0506000004

Starting Date

: 199007

Duration

: 12

Termination Date

: 199106

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199202

Title

: An attempt to demonstrate sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma gambiense in South eastern Uganda.

Objectives

: To establish if there is a Trypanosoma gambiese infection in South eastern Uganda which is a Trypanosoma rhodesiense sleeping sickness endemic area and advise government on screening, diagnostic, management and control methods.

Category(Primary)

: E50

Category (Secondary)

: L72

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE; INFECTION; ENDEMICS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL

Indexing (Local)

: SOUTH EASTERN UGANDA

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Livestock Health research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 96, TORORO (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Enyaru, C.K.; Birth: ‘47; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: BIOCHEMISTRY

Co-worker 1

: Odiit, M.; Birth: ‘62; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: PUBLIC HEALTH

Type of research

: B

00107 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9100107

Status

: T

Project Code

: UG0506000007

Starting Date

: 198909

Duration

: 12

Termination Date

: 199110

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199003

Title

: Field evaluation of the antigen detection immunoassay for the diagnosis of sleeping sickness.

Objectives

: Evaluate the performance of ELISA test in diagnosis and detection of circulating antigens in patients at various stages of treatment of Trypanosoma rhodesiense sleeping sickness and assess its efficacy for evaluation of treatment success.

Category (Primary)

: L73

Category (Secondary)

: E50

Category (Tertiary)

: L70

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE; ELISA; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EVALUATION; DIAGNOSIS

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Livestock Health Research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 96, TORORO (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Komba, E.K.; Nation.: TZ

Speciality

: PATHOLOGY

Co-worker 1

: Odiit, M.; Birth: ‘62; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS

Co-worker 2

: Nantulya, V.; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS

Co-worker 3

: Mbulamberi, D.; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS

Co-worker 4

: Chimfwembe, E.C.; Nation.: ZM

Speciality

: PATHOLOGY

Type of research

: B

00132 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9200132

Status

: T

Project Code

: UG0506000011

Starting Date

: 198805

Duration

: 60

Termination Date

: 199401

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199203

Title

: Studies of animal trypanosomiasis in areas infested with tsetse flies using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.

Objectives

: To validate the recently developed antigen ELISA for diagnosis of animal trypanosomiasis and to monitor control measures along the Kenya/Uganda border.

Category (Primary)

: L73

Category (Secondary)

: N20

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ELISA; IMMUNODIAGNOSIS; MONITORING

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Livestock Health research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 96, TORORO (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Okuna, N.M.; Birth: ‘44; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: PROTOZOOLOGY

Co-worker 1

: Magona, J.; Birth: ‘64; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: VETERINARY MEDICINE

Contract No.

: 5029 (NL)

Cooperating Inst. 1.

: IAEA, Joint FAO/IAEA Division. Animal Production and health Section. PO

Address

PO Box 100. A 1400. VIENNA. Austria

Specialized equipment

: ELISA reader, microscope, refridgerator/deep feezer and voltage stabiliser

Type of research

: B

00496 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9600492

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0506000037

Starting Date

: 199505

Duration

: 24

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199612

Title

: Improvement of control of trypanosomiasis in NW Uganda.

Objectives

: Determine prevalence and promote awareness in the region.

Category (Primary)

: L73

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MANKIND

Indexing (Local)

: NORTH WESTERN UGANDA; SLEEPING SICKNESS

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Livestock Health research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 96, TORORO (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Enyaru, C.K.; Birth: ‘47; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: BIOCHEMISTRY

Programme name

: Sleeping Sickness Programme

Type of research

: F

00497 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9600493

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0506000038

Starting Date

: 199505

Duration

: 25

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199612

Title

: Improvement of diagnosis and case management.

Objectives

: To improve diagnosis of sleeping sickness.

Category (Primary)

: L73

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL

Indexing (Local)

: SLEEPING SICKNESS

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organization. Livestock Health research Institute

Institution Address

: PO Box 96, TORORO (Uganda)

Research Leader

: Odiit, M.; Birth: ‘62; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: PUBLIC HEALTH

Co-worker 1

: Enyaru, C.K.; Birth: ‘47; Nation.: UG

Speciality

: BIOCHEMISTRY

Programme name

: Sleeping Sickness Programme

Type of research

: B

00693 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9800689

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0506000044

Starting Date

: 199500

Duration

:?

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199808

Title

: Gender differentials in detection and control of human trypanosomiasis in South East Uganda.

Objectives

: To examine the effect of gender on sleeping sickness control.

Category (Primary)

: T10

Category (Secondary)

: E50

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE SURVEYS; HUMAN DISEASES; DISEASE CONTROL; VECTORBORNE DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS

Indexing (Local)

: UGANDA

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organisation. Livestock Health Research Institute.

Institution Address

: P.O BOX 96, Tororo (Uganda).

00699 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9800695

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0506000050

Starting Date

: 199700

Duration

:?

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199808

Title

: A study of the socio-economic factors affecting tsetse and trypanosomiasis control in Uganda.

Objectives

: To evaluate the cost benefit and social acceptability of control packages; study the socio-economic factors affecting transfer of tsetse and trypanosomiasis control technologies; develop appropriate control strategies for different communities.

Category (Primary)

: L73

Category (Secondary)

: E10

Category (Tertiary)

: L01

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VECTORBORNE DISEASES; ANIMAL DISEASES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRYPANOSOMA; DISEASE SURVEYS; SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Indexing (Local)

: UGANDA

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organisation. Livestock Health Research Institute.

Institution Address

: P.O BOX 96, Torero (Uganda).

00709 ---

Local Record Number

: UG9800705

Status

: N

Project Code

: UG0506000060

Starting Date

: 199700

Duration

:?

Exchange Language

: En

Date of Information

: 199808

Title

: Investigation of DFMO relapses in Uganda.

Objectives

: To determine if relapse trypanosomiasis stocks have different biochemical characteristics.

Category (Primary)

: L73

Category (Secondary)

: E20

AGROVOC Descriptors

: TRYPANOSOMIASIS; DISEASE SURVEYS; DISEASE CONTROL; VECTORBORNE DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA

Indexing (Local)

: UGANDA

Institution Name

: National Agricultural Research Organisation. Livestock Health Research Institute.

Institution Address

: P.O BOX 96, Tororo (Uganda).