Accuracy of five algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis. [PDF]
, 2011 Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and typically include a screening (serological), confirmation ...
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Human African trypanosomiasis: the current situation in endemic regions and the risks for non-endemic regions from imported cases [PDF]
, 2020 Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense and caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Due to effective control programs implemented in the last two decades, the number of reported
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Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016 [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist.
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Reemergence of Human African Trypanosomiasis Caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Ethiopia [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe report 4 cases of human African trypanosomiasis that occurred in Ethiopia in 2022, thirty years after the last previously reported case in the country. Two of 4 patients died before medicine became available.
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Human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: The first case report in China
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 We report the first imported case in China of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, in a sailor returning from Gabon in 2014.
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Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a neglected disease that impacts 70 million people living in 1.55 million km2 in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Dermal trypanosomes in seropositive suspects of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire. [PDF]
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Gambiense human African trypanosomiasis is a deadly disease that has been declining in incidence since the start of the Century, primarily due to increased screening, diagnosis and treatment of infected people. The main treatment regimen currently in use
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Human African trypanosomiasis cases diagnosed in non-endemic countries (2011-2020). [PDF]
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2022 Franco JR +9 more
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Tsetse Flies Infected with Trypanosomes in Three Active Human African Trypanosomiasis Foci of the Republic of Congo. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2022 Bemba I +3 more
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