Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016

Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist. We report a recent case of stage 2 trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense acquired in Nigeria and importe...

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Autores principales: Luintel, Akish, Lowe, Patricia, Cooper, Anneli, MacLeod, Annette, Büscher, Philippe, Brooks, Tim, Brown, Mike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28628444
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170695
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author Luintel, Akish
Lowe, Patricia
Cooper, Anneli
MacLeod, Annette
Büscher, Philippe
Brooks, Tim
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description Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist. We report a recent case of stage 2 trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense acquired in Nigeria and imported into the United Kingdom.
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spelling pubmed-55125002017-07-19 Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016 Luintel, Akish Lowe, Patricia Cooper, Anneli MacLeod, Annette Büscher, Philippe Brooks, Tim Brown, Mike Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist. We report a recent case of stage 2 trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense acquired in Nigeria and imported into the United Kingdom. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5512500/ /pubmed/28628444 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170695 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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Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016
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title_short Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5512500/
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