Cluster of African trypanosomiasis in travelers to Tanzanian national parks

Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2002-06, Vol.8 (6), p.634-635
Hauptverfasser:	Jelinek, Tomas, Bisoffi, Zeno, Bonazzi, Lucio, van Thiel, Pieter, Bronner, Ulf, de Frey, Albie, Gundersen, Svein Gunnar, McWhinney, Paul, Ripamonti, Diego
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult African trypanosomiasis Aged Animals Cluster Analysis Communicable diseases Demographic aspects Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Health aspects Humans Male Medicin och hälsovetenskap Middle Aged Sentinel Surveillance sleeping sickness Tanzania Tanzania - epidemiology Travel Trypanosoma brucei gambiense - isolation & purification Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis, African - drug therapy Trypanosomiasis, African - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid0806.010432