title: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a German traveller returning from the Masai Mara area, Kenya, January 2012.
abstract: In January 2012, a case of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) has been identified in Germany in a traveller returning from the Masai Mara area in Kenya. The 62-year-old man had travelled to the Masai Mara game park from 18 to 19 January 2012 and developed fever on 28 January. The infection with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense was confirmed by laboratory testing three days hereafter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine 2 - Infectious Diseases, Hospital of the J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. timo.wolf@kgu.de
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wichelhaus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gottig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kleine
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Brodt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Just-Nuebling
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002601:Chancre / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005858:Germany; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013498:Suramin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014195:Travel; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014344:Trypanocidal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000097:blood / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D014344:Trypanocidal Agents; D013498:Suramin