Improved Access to Diagnostics for Rhodesian Sleeping Sickness around a Conservation Area in Malawi Results in Earlier Detection of Cases and Reduced Mortality

• Main Authors: Marshal Lemerani (Author), Fredrick Jumah (Author), Paul Bessell (Author), Sylvain Biéler (Author), Joseph Mathu Ndung'u (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Human African Trypanosomiasis (rHAT) is a zoonotic disease transmitted by tsetse flies from wild and domestic animals. It presents as an acute disease and advances rapidly into a neurological form that can only be treated with melarsoprol, which is associated with a hi...