Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal.

Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal.

The final outcome of infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the main agent of sleeping sickness, has always been considered as invariably fatal. While scarce and old reports have mentioned cases of self-cure in untreated patients, these studies suffered from the lack of accurate diagnostic tools...

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Main Authors: Vincent Jamonneau, Hamidou Ilboudo, Jacques Kaboré, Dramane Kaba, Mathurin Koffi, Philippe Solano, André Garcia, David Courtin, Claude Laveissière, Kouakou Lingue, Philippe Büscher, Bruno Bucheton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3373650?pdf=render

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