African trypanosomiasis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Pilar Almonacid

Synonyms and keywords: Sleeping sickness

Diagnosis

History & Symptoms | Physical Examination | Staging | Lab Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X Ray | CT | MRI | Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Treatment

Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention

Resources

• Sleeping sickness information page at Médecins Sans Frontières
• Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative
• Medecins Sans Frontieres' Eflornithine press release, 2001
• Links to pictures of Sleeping Sickness (Hardin MD/University of Iowa)
• The Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco.
• Kids For World Health

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