Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal
Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal
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United States: Public Library of Science
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United States: Public Library of Science
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The final outcome of infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the main agent of sleeping sickness, has always been considered as invariably fatal. While scarce and old reports have mentioned cases of self-cure in untreated patients, these studies suffered from the lack of accurate diagnostic tools available at that time. Here, using the most spec...
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Untreated human infections by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are not 100% fatal
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1288108111
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1288108111
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0001691
