African Trypanosomiasis in a British Soldier
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African trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis remains a serious health concern across large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, despite several decades of research. As well as causing sleeping sickness in humans, trypanosomes are responsible for significant disease in livestock. The combination of human and livestock disease makes these parasites a serious impediment to agricultural and economic advancement in the affected...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1951
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4728.401