Candidate gene polymorphisms study between human African trypanosomiasis clinical phenotypes in Guinea.

• Main Authors: Justin Windingoudi Kaboré (Author), Hamidou Ilboudo (Author), Harry Noyes (Author), Oumou Camara (Author), Jacques Kaboré (Author), Mamadou Camara (Author), Mathurin Koffi (Author), Veerle Lejon (Author), Vincent Jamonneau (Author), Annette MacLeod (Author), Christiane Hertz-Fowler (Author), Adrien Marie Gaston Belem (Author), Enock Matovu (Author), Bruno Bucheton (Author), Issa Sidibe (Author), TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), a lethal disease induced by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, has a range of clinical outcomes in its human host in West Africa: an acute form progressing rapidly to second stage, spontaneous self-cure and individuals able to regulate parasitaemia at very low levels,...