title: Human African trypanosomiasis in non-endemic countries.
abstract: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease, acquired by the bite of an infected tsetse fly. In non-endemic countries HAT is rare, and therefore the diagnosis may be delayed leading to potentially fatal consequences. In this article the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the two forms of HAT are outlined. Rhodesiense HAT is an acute illness that presents in tourists who have recently visited game parks in Eastern or Southern Africa, whereas Gambiense HAT has a more chronic clinical course, in individuals from West or Central Africa.
authors: University College London, London, UK darsh@doctors.org.uk.
authors: Darshan
authors: D
authors: Sudarshi
authors: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK, and senior lecturer in tropical medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002601:Chancre / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D006801:Humans; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D016833:Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African; D014370:Tsetse Flies
keywords: Gambiense; Human African trypanosomiasis; Rhodesiense; non-endemic; sleeping sickness
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