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Cluster of African trypanosomiasis in travelers to Tanzanian national parks

Tomas Jelinek et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Jun.

Abstract

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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