Description of the first sleeping sickness case diagnosed in Burkina Faso since two decades.

• Main Authors: Emilie Dama (Author), Aboubacar Drabo (Author), Jacques Kaboré (Author), Elie Ouédraogo (Author), Bamoro Coulibaly (Author), Hamidou Ilboudo (Author), Justin Kaboré (Author), Charlie Franck Compaoré (Author), Hassane Sakandé (Author), Micheline Ouédraogo (Author), Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé (Author), Fabrice Courtin (Author), Philippe Solano (Author), François Drabo (Author), Vincent Jamonneau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Burkina Faso belongs to a group of countries in which human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, is no longer considered to be a public health problem. Although no native cases have been detected since 1993, there is still the risk of HAT re-emergence due to signifi...