Cluster of African Trypanosomiasis in Travelers to Tanzanian National Parks

Cluster of African Trypanosomiasis in Travelers to Tanzanian National Parks

Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomas Jelinek, Zeno Bisoffi, Lucio Bonazzi, Pieter van Thiel, Ulf Bronner, Albie de Frey, Svein Gunnar Gundersen, Paul McWhinney, Diego Ripamont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
African trypanosomiasis
sleeping sickness
Tanzania
travel
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0432_article

Internet

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/8/6/01-0432_article

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