Candidate genes-based investigation of susceptibility to Human African Trypanosomiasis in Côte d'Ivoire.

• Main Authors: Bernardin Ahouty (Author), Mathurin Koffi (Author), Hamidou Ilboudo (Author), Gustave Simo (Author), Enock Matovu (Author), Julius Mulindwa (Author), Christiane Hertz-Fowler (Author), Bruno Bucheton (Author), Issa Sidibé (Author), Vincent Jamonneau (Author), Annette MacLeod (Author), Harry Noyes (Author), Simon-Pierre N'Guetta (Author), TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a Neglected Tropical Disease. Long regarded as an invariably fatal disease, there is increasing evidence that infection by T. b. gambiense can result in a wide range of clinical outcomes, including latent infections, which are long lasting...