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