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1. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a German traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, January 2012.

Author

Wolf T, Wichelhaus T, Gottig S, Kleine C, Brodt HR, and Just-Nuebling G

Subjects
Animals, Chancre etiology, Diagnosis, Differential, Fever etiology, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Germany, Headache etiology, Humans, Kenya, Male, Middle Aged, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Suramin therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, Trypanocidal Agents therapeutic use, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense genetics, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense immunology, Trypanosomiasis, African blood, Trypanosomiasis, African cerebrospinal fluid, Trypanosomiasis, African drug therapy, Trypanosomiasis, African microbiology, White People, Travel, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolation & purification, Trypanosomiasis, African diagnosis
Abstract

In January 2012, a case of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been identified in Germany in a traveller returning from the Masai Mara area in Kenya. The 62-year-old man had travelled to the Masai Mara game park from 18 to 19 January 2012 and developed fever on 28 January. The infection with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense was confirmed by laboratory testing three days hereafter.

Published
2012

2. Human African trypanosomiasis in a Belgian traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, February 2012.

Author

Clerinx J, Vlieghe E, Asselman V, Van de Casteele S, Maes MB, and Lejon V

Subjects
Belgium, Chancre etiology, Fever etiology, Headache etiology, Humans, Kenya, Male, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Suramin therapeutic use, Treatment Outcome, Trypanocidal Agents therapeutic use, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense genetics, Trypanosomiasis, African blood, Trypanosomiasis, African cerebrospinal fluid, Trypanosomiasis, African drug therapy, White People, Travel, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense isolation & purification, Trypanosomiasis, African diagnosis
Abstract

A Belgian traveller was diagnosed with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense nine days after visiting the Masai Mara area in Kenya. He presented with an inoculation chancre and was treated with suramin within four days of fever onset. Two weeks earlier, HAT was also reported in a German traveller who had visited the Masai Mara area. Because no cases have occurred in the area for over 12 years, this may indicate a focal cluster of HAT.

Published
2012

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