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2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
INTRODUCTION
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT), the zoonotic, acute form of sleeping sickness in eastern Africa, is lethal if untreated. Today, onl...
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT), the zoonotic, acute form of sleeping sickness in eastern Africa, is lethal if untreated. Today, onl...
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2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
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2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
2024-05-16 • MSF Scientific Day International 2024
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2023-10-19 • Pathogens
2023-10-19 • Pathogens
Human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness, with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense as etiological agents), American trypanosomiasis (als...
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2004-08-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-08-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-cont...
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2015-07-04 • BMC Research Notes
2015-07-04 • BMC Research Notes
BACKGROUND
The duration of the stages of HAT is an important factor in epidemiological studies and intervention planning. Previously, we published estimates of the duration of the ha...
The duration of the stages of HAT is an important factor in epidemiological studies and intervention planning. Previously, we published estimates of the duration of the ha...
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2020-05-13 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-13 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
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2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
2020-05-26 • MSF Scientific Days International 2020: Research
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2012-11-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-11-29 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a fatal disease. Until 2009, available treatments for 2(nd) stage HAT were complicated to us...
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2016-02-16 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2016-02-16 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) is caused by protozoan parasites and characterized by a chronic progressive course, which may last up to several ye...
Sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) is caused by protozoan parasites and characterized by a chronic progressive course, which may last up to several ye...
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2012-12-13 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2012-12-13 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2010-05-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2010-05-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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2011-05-26 • Conflict and Health
2011-05-26 • Conflict and Health
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a fatal neglected tropical disease if left untreated. HAT primarily affects people living in rural sub-Saharan Africa, often...
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2020-11-17 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
2020-11-17 • Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
BACKGROUND
Based on the premise that Africans in rural areas seek health care from traditional healers, this study investigated a collaborative model between traditional healers and...
Based on the premise that Africans in rural areas seek health care from traditional healers, this study investigated a collaborative model between traditional healers and...
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2010-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2010-02-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
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2009-10-14 • Lancet
2009-10-14 • Lancet
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by tsetse flies. Almost all cases a...
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2010-01-09 • Lancet
2010-01-09 • Lancet
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2013-01-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2013-01-01 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Existing diagnostic and treatment tools for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are limited. The recent development of nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) h...
Existing diagnostic and treatment tools for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) are limited. The recent development of nifurtimox-eflornithine combination therapy (NECT) h...
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2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
2011-04-04 • Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne disease that flourishes in impoverished, rural parts of sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by infection with th...
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2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2011-07-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Algorithms to diagnose gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, sleeping sickness) are often complex due to the unsatisfactory sensitivity and/or specificity of available tests, and...