title: Human African trypanosomiasis in a traveler: diagnostic pitfalls.
abstract: Abstract. An Israeli traveler returning from Tanzania presented with a relapsing febrile illness. A diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection was established by blood smear after nearly a month. Blood polymerase chain reaction failed to provide an early diagnosis of human African trypanososmiasis. Recognition of suggestive signs should prompt physicians to perform repeated tests before ruling out human African trypanososmiasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. leshem@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leshem
authors.forename: Shmuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Steinlauf
authors.forename: Shulamit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michaeli
authors.forename: Yechezkel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sidi
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014195:Travel; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan