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

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.

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Autores principales: Wang, Xinyu, Ruan, Qiaoling, Xu, Bin, Gu, Jianfei, Qian, Yiyi, Chen, Muxin, Liu, Qin, Lu, Qing, Zhang, Wenhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171583
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author Wang, Xinyu
Ruan, Qiaoling
Xu, Bin
Gu, Jianfei
Qian, Yiyi
Chen, Muxin
Liu, Qin
Lu, Qing
Zhang, Wenhong
author_facet Wang, Xinyu
Ruan, Qiaoling
Xu, Bin
Gu, Jianfei
Qian, Yiyi
Chen, Muxin
Liu, Qin
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Zhang, Wenhong
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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.
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spelling pubmed-57828692018-02-07 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5782869/ /pubmed/29350158 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171583 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.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Wang, Xinyu
Ruan, Qiaoling
Xu, Bin
Gu, Jianfei
Qian, Yiyi
Chen, Muxin
Liu, Qin
Lu, Qing
Zhang, Wenhong
Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title_full Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title_fullStr Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title_full_unstemmed Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title_short Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017
title_sort human african trypanosomiasis in emigrant returning to china from gabon, 2017
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5782869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29350158
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2402.171583
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