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

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 p...

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Autores principales: Robays, Jo, Nyamowala, Gaspard, Sese, Claude, Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu, Lutumba, Pascal, Van der Veken, Wim, Boelaert, Marleen
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18507916
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.71266
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author Robays, Jo
Nyamowala, Gaspard
Sese, Claude
Kande, Victor Betu Ku Mesu
Lutumba, Pascal
Van der Veken, Wim
Boelaert, Marleen
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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.
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spelling pubmed-26002792009-01-13 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-06 /pmc/articles/PMC2600279/ /pubmed/18507916 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1406.71266 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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High Failure Rates of Melarsoprol for Sleeping Sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo
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title_short High Failure Rates of Melarsoprol for Sleeping Sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo
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