• DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31510-6
Corpus ID: 4853616

Human African trypanosomiasis

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

• P. Büscher, G. Cecchi, +1 author G. Priotto
• Published 2017
• Medicine
• The Lancet

Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is a parasitic infection that almost invariably progresses to death unless treated. Human African trypanosomiasis caused devastating epidemics during the 20th century. Thanks to sustained and coordinated efforts over the past 15 years, the number of reported cases has fallen to an historically low level. Fewer than 3000 cases were reported in 2015, and the disease is targeted for elimination by WHO. Despite these recent successes, the disease is… Expand

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