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Improved Access to Diagnostics for Rhodesian Sleeping Sickness around a Conservation Area in Malawi Results in Earlier Detection of Cases and Reduced Mortality
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (rHAT) is a zoonotic disease transmitted by tsetse flies from wild and domestic animals. It presents as an acute disease and advances rapidly into a neurological form that can only be treated with melarsoprol, which is associated with a hi...
Autores principales: | Lemerani, Marshal, Jumah, Fredrick, Bessell, Paul, Biéler, Sylvain, Ndung’u, Joseph Mathu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Atlantis Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7758844/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32959623 http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/jegh.k.200321.001 |
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