Cluster of African Trypanosomiasis in Travelers to Tanzanian National Parks

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jelinek, Tomas ; Bisoffi, Zeno ; Bonazzi, Lucio ; van Thiel, Pieter ; Bronner, Ulf ; de Frey, Albie ; Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ; McWhinney, Paul ; Ripamont, Diego
• Corporate Authors:
  for European Network on Imported Infectious Disease Surveillance
• Description:
  Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Animals Cluster Analysis Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Male Middle Aged Sentinel Surveillance Travel Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense Trypanosomiasis, African

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 8(6):634-635.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Tanzania
• Volume:
  8
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e4604251dc3489164de474d7176c091b5a8531c46ff84245b1e76d6619dd8304
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/13865/cdc_13865_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 153.48 KB ]