High Failure Rates of Melarsoprol for Sleeping Sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo

Robays, Jo; Nyamowala, Gaspard; Sese, Claude; Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu; Lutumba, Pascal; Van der Veken, Wim; Boelaert, Marleen

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High Failure Rates of Melarsoprol for Sleeping Sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jun 2008
By Robays, Jo ; Nyamowala, Gaspard ; Sese, Claude ; ...
Source: Emerg Infect Dis. 14(6):966-967.

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Robays, Jo ; Nyamowala, Gaspard ; Sese, Claude ; Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu ; Lutumba, Pascal ; Van der Veken, Wim ; Boelaert, Marleen Less -
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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.
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Adolescent Adult Animals Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Infant Male Melarsoprol Middle Aged Recurrence Treatment Failure Trypanocidal Agents Trypanosomiasis, African
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Emerg Infect Dis. 14(6):966-967.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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14
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6
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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