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Human African trypanosomiasis in a Belgian traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, February 2012
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Human African trypanosomiasis in a Belgian traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, February 2012

J. Clerinx, E. Vlieghe, V. Asselman, S. Van de Casteele, M. B. Maes et V. Lejon
Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles, Vol.17(10), pp.8-11
08/03/2012

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Infectious Diseases Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
A Belgian traveller was diagnosed with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense nine days after visiting the Masai Mara area in Kenya. He presented with an inoculation chancre and was treated with suramin within four days of fever onset. Two weeks earlier, HAT was also reported in a German traveller who had visited the Masai Mara area. Because no cases have occurred in the area for over 12 years, this may indicate a focal cluster of HAT.

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