African Trypanosomiasis in a British Soldier

From: Military Medicine | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Friend, Howard M; Jackson, Christopher J; Kitson, Martin M; Minton, Elizabeth J; Croft, Ashley M | Copyright information

Background: Sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) is a parasitic infection transmitted by day-biting tsetse flies. The diagnostic standard is microscopy of blood, lymph node aspirates, or cerebrospinal fluid. The disease is invariably fatal if not treated. There are >300,000 new cases of sleeping sickness each year and ~100,000 deaths. Case Presentation: We describe a British soldier who acquired sleeping sickness in Malawi. He gave no history of a painful insect bite but prese...

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