RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countries
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 70
OP 73
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-1-70
VO 15
IS 1
A1 Darshan Sudarshi
A1 Mike Brown
YR 2015
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/1/70.abstract
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.