Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2017)

Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016

  • Akish Luintel,
  • Patricia Lowe,
  • Anneli Cooper,
  • Annette MacLeod,
  • Philippe Büscher,
  • Tim Brooks,
  • Mike Brown

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2307.170695
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 7
pp. 1225 – 1227

Abstract

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Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist. We report a recent case of stage 2 trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense acquired in Nigeria and imported into the United Kingdom.

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