Nifurtimox plus Eflornithine for Late-Stage Sleeping Sickness in Uganda: A Case Series

African sleeping sickness (Human African Trypanosomiasis, or HAT), due to the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, threatens millions across remote and conflict-affected regions of sub-Saharan Africa, and causes about 15 000 reported cases every year. Untreated HAT progresses from stage 1 (infecti...

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Main Authors: Checchi, Francesco, Piola, Patrice, Ayikoru, Harriet, Thomas, Florence, Legros, Dominique, Priotto, Gerardo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2100371/