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In-Hospital Safety in Field Conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T....

In-Hospital Safety in Field Conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T....

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In-Hospital Safety in Field Conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T. b. gambiense Sleeping Sickness: e1920

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In-Hospital Safety in Field Conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T. b. gambiense Sleeping Sickness: e1920

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2012-11, Vol.6 (11)

Language

English

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science

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Background Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT; sleeping sickness) is a fatal disease. Until 2009, available treatments for 2nd stage HAT were complicated to use, expensive (eflornithine monotherapy), or toxic, and insufficiently effective in certain areas (melarsoprol). Recently, nifurtimox-eflornithine combinati...

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In-Hospital Safety in Field Conditions of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) for T. b. gambiense Sleeping Sickness: e1920

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1288114153

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1288114153

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ISSN

1935-2727

E-ISSN

1935-2735

DOI

10.1371/journal.pntd.0001920

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