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ajlm-100	Waema, Maxwell; Maina, Naomi; Karanja, Simon; Gachie, Beatrice; Ngotho, Maina; Kagira, John	Development of a safer laboratory vervet monkey model for the study of human African trypanosomiasis	2014		.htm	text/html	4509	244	49	Low platelet counts could be indicative of toxic products, originating from the trypanosomes, which cause platelet destruction.18 Splenic pooling of platelets and phagocytic removal of platelets by mononuclear cells has also been associated with thrombocytopaenia.19 Severe progressive thrombocytopaenia has been reported in T. b. rhodesiense vervet monkey models and human cases of sleeping sickness.23,24 Similarly to T. b. rhodesiense infections in vervet monkeys, lymphocytopoenia was noted in the early stage of the disease and lymphocytosis in the late stage.17 Limitations of the study Top ↑ Only three animals were used in this study; however an extensive amount of data was obtained. Objectives: This study assessed the sequential clinical, parasitological and haematological changes in vervet monkeys infected with T. b. brucei.	cache/ajlm-100.htm	txt/ajlm-100.txt