Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017

Wang, Xinyu; Ruan, Qiaoling; Xu, Bin; Gu, Jianfei; Qian, Yiyi; Chen, Muxin; Liu, Qin; Lu, Qing; Zhang, Wenhong

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Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017

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Feb 2018
By Wang, Xinyu ; Ruan, Qiaoling ; Xu, Bin ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Wang, Xinyu ; Ruan, Qiaoling ; Xu, Bin ; Gu, Jianfei ; Qian, Yiyi ; Chen, Muxin ; Liu, Qin ; Lu, Qing ; Zhang, Wenhong
Description:

Human African trypanosomiasis is endemic to parts of sub-Saharan Africa and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients who have visited or lived in Africa. We report a 2017 case of stage 2 Trypanosoma brucei gambiense disease in an emigrant who returned to China from Gabon.
Subjects:

Drug Therapy, Combination Eflornithine Emigrants And Immigrants Humans Nifurtimox Trypanocidal Agents Trypanosoma Brucei Gambiense Trypanosomiasis, African
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 24(2):400-402.
Pubmed ID:

29350158
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5782869
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Letter
Place as Subject:

China ; Gabon
Volume:

24
Issue:

2
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:1787103659a2b12211cf29f97d0b94ca134b619f4487f492c428dc2947bfcd58
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