title: Sleeping sickness in brothers in london.
abstract: Brothers 9 and 14 years of age presented in London with fever and skin lesions after a safari in East Africa. Malaria films were negative, but trypanosomes were seen in blood films and chancre fluid. Sleeping sickness should be considered in children returning from East Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, St. Mary's Campus, London, UK.
authors.forename: Saul N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Faust
authors.forename: Charles J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Woodrow
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snape
authors.forename: Peter L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.forename: Gareth
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tudor-Williams
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Hermione Lyall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D035781:Siblings; D013498:Suramin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D013636:Tanzania; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D013498:Suramin