Human African trypanosomiasis

@article{Bscher2017HumanAT,
  title={Human African trypanosomiasis},
  author={Philippe B{\"u}scher and Giuliano Cecchi and Vincent Jamonneau and Gerardo Priotto},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2017},
  volume={390},
  pages={2397-2409}
}
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