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- Title
Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017.
- Authors
Xinyu Wang; Qiaoling Ruan; Bin Xu; Jianfei Gu; Yiyi Qian; Muxin Chen; Qin Liu; Qing Lu; Wenhong Zhang; Wang, Xinyu; Ruan, Qiaoling; Xu, Bin; Gu, Jianfei; Qian, Yiyi; Chen, Muxin; Liu, Qin; Lu, Qing; Zhang, Wenhong
- Abstract
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
GABON; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ENDEMIC diseases; TRYPANOSOMIASIS treatment; TRYPANOSOMA brucei; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 2, p400
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.3201/eid2402.171583