Sleeping sickness – human African trypanosomiasis
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Management of a sleeping sickness epidemic in Southern Sudan
An epidemic of human African trypanosomiasis, also called sleeping sickness, was identified in Tambura County, Southern Sudan in 1997. Implementation of a sleeping sickness control program by international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Tambura County resulted in a three-fold decrease in the incidence of sleeping sickness between 1997-1999. The sustainability of these interventions onc...
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Sleeping sickness also known as Human African trypanosomiasis is a disease of human which exists in two forms and is caused by infection with either Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (acute sleeping sickness, endemic in East and South Africa) or T.b. gambiense (chronic sleeping sickness, endemic in West and Central Africa) (Welburn et al., 2001). In Tanzania sleeping sickness presents a serious th...
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, has been a public health problem in Sudan for much of the 20 century. Endemic foci of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are found in southern Sudan in a belt bordering Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Gambiense sleeping sickness runs a chronic clinical course and is invariably fatal if left untreated. The di...
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