TY - JOUR T1 - Human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countries JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 70 LP - 73 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-70 VL - 15 IS - 1 AU - Darshan Sudarshi AU - Mike Brown Y1 - 2015/02/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/1/70.abstract N2 - 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. ER -