title: [Experience in raising the effectiveness of diagnosing the Gambian type of trypanosomiasis].
abstract: A method of detecting the parasites in their low blood amounts by using DEAE cellulose column chromatography is described and compared to other laboratory diagnostic techniques, in particular, for trypanosomiasis. A screening of 250 patients with suspected trypanosomiasis was performed. Serological survey and studies of primary medical documentation in Angola sanitary areas endemic for Gambian trypanosomiasis in 1983-1985, preceded the selection of the examined group. In spite of some limitations of the method, in allowed one to detect Trypanosoma in 17% patients, whose infection was not revealed by classic methods. The method allowed one to reveal more cases of infection (44.2%) than the study of a lymph nodal punctate (37.5%), blood (24%) or cerebrospinal fluid (13%).
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Khot'ko
mesh_terms: D000810:Angola; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000469:parasitology; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose / Q000379:methods; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D006801:Humans; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology
vernacular_title: Opyt povysheniia éffektivnosti diagnostiki tripanosomoza gambiĭskogo tipa.