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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Robays, Jo ; Nyamowala, Gaspard ; Sese, Claude ; Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu ; Lutumba, Pascal ; ... More +
Robays, Jo ; Nyamowala, Gaspard ; Sese, Claude ; Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu ; Lutumba, Pascal ; Van der Veken, Wim ; Boelaert, Marleen Less -
Description:
A retrospective chart review of 4,925 human African trypanosomiasis patients treated with melarsoprol in 2001-2003 in Equateur Nord Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo showed a treatment failure rate of 19.5%. This rate increased over the 3 years. Relapse rates were highest in the central part of the province.
Subject:
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Adolescent Adult Animals Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Male Melarsoprol Middle Aged Recurrence Treatment Failure Trypanocidal Agents Trypanosomiasis, African
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(6):966-967.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:048b718b99de0dc3d069bab2bb7327d854624a7254e9f27f209bab749e95f1fd
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17056/cdc_17056_DS1.pdf
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