The unknown risk of vertical transmission in sleeping sickness--a literature review.
BACKGROUND:Children with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) present with a range of generally non-specific symptoms. Late diagnosis is frequent with often tragic outcomes. Trypanosomes can infect the foetus by crossing the placenta. Unequivocal cases of congenital infection that have been reported...
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Main Authors: | Andreas K Lindner (Author), Gerardo Priotto (Author) |
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2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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