Trypanosoma brucei (African trypanosomiasis)

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Epidemiology

Clinical manifestations

  • multiplication at the bite site often produces a transient chancre
(also see T. brucei-rhodesiense & T. brucei-gambiense)

Laboratory

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References

  1. Clinical Diagnosis & Management by Laboratory Methods, 19th edition, J.B. Henry (ed), W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, PA. 1996, pg 1266
  2. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th ed. Fauci et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1998, pg 1193-96
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sun LH (image) Medical detectives raced to save a man from a rare 'universally lethal' disease. Washington Post. Dec 22, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 Loinc
  5. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness) https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/diseases/african-sleeping-sickness-african-trypansosomiasis