title: African sleeping sickness in tourists returning from Tanzania: the first 2 Italian cases from a small outbreak among European travelers.
abstract: A recent cluster of cases of African trypanosomiasis in humans (HAT) has been reported in tourists (most of whom were European) returning from Tanzania; we describe the first 2 patients (both of whom were Italian travelers) with HAT, who have been treated successfully. Because neither vaccine nor drug prophylaxis is currently recommended and/or available for persons traveling to areas of endemicity, physicians should be alerted about this uncommon but potentially life-threatening disease.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, General Hospital of Bergamo, Italy. djnrip@tin.it
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ripamonti
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arici
authors.forename: Ermanno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gabbi
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brini
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Capatti
authors.forename: Fredy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission