PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Darshan Sudarshi
AU  - Mike Brown
TI  - Human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countries
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-70
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 70--73
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/1/70.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/1/70.full
SO  - Clin Med2015 Feb 01; 15
AB  - Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease, acquired by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. In non-endemic countries HAT is rare, and therefore the diagnosis may be delayed leading to potentially fatal consequences. In this article the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the two forms of HAT are outlined. Rhodesiense HAT is an acute illness that presents in tourists who have recently visited game parks in Eastern or Southern Africa, whereas Gambiense HAT has a more chronic clinical course, in individuals from West or Central Africa.