Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis
Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis
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New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited
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English
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New Zealand: Dove Medical Press Limited
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Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is a chronic form of the disease present in western and central Africa, and by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which is an acute disease located in eastern and southern Africa. The rhodesiense form is a zoonosis, with the occasional infection...
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Epidemiology of human African trypanosomiasis
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d182c259e97f43aabc4f0e6b0c68cf4a
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_d182c259e97f43aabc4f0e6b0c68cf4a
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1179-1349
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1179-1349
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10.2147/CLEP.S39728
