A polymorphism in the haptoglobin, haptoglobin related protein locus is associated with risk of human sleeping sickness within Cameroonian populations.

• Main Authors: Elvis Ofon (Author), Harry Noyes (Author), Julius Mulindwa (Author), Hamidou Ilboudo (Author), Martin Simuunza (Author), Vincent Ebo'o (Author), Flobert Njiokou (Author), Mathurin Koffi (Author), Bruno Bucheton (Author), Pythagore Fogue (Author), Christiane Hertz-Fowler (Author), Annette MacLeod (Author), Gustave Simo (Author), TrypanoGEN Research Group, as members of The H3Africa Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is a neglected disease targeted for elimination as a public health problem by 2020. Elimination requires a better understanding of the epidemiology and clinical evolution of HAT. In addition to the classical clinical evolution of HAT, asymptomatic carriers and spo...