New biomarkers for stage determination in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients

New biomarkers for stage determination in Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness patients

Abstract Accurate stage determination is crucial in the choice of treatment for patients suffering from sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). Current staging methods, based on the counting of white blood cells (WBC) and the detection of parasites in the cerebrospinal...

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Main Authors: Natalia Tiberti, Enock Matovu, Alexandre Hainard, John Charles Enyaru, Veerle Lejon, Xavier Robin, Natacha Turck, Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi, Sanjeev Krishna, Sylvie Bisser, Bertrand Courtioux, Philippe Büscher, Krister Kristensson, Joseph Mathu Ndung'u, Jean‐Charles Sanchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-12-01
Series:Clinical and Translational Medicine
Subjects:
Sleeping sickness
Biomarkers
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Cerebrospinal fluid
Stage determination
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/2001-1326-2-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/2001-1326-2-1

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