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Human African trypanosomiasis
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Human African trypanosomiasis
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Distribution of human African trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa
Number of newly registered cases of human African trypanosomiasis in past 75 years according to WHO
Left, Trypanosoma brucei in blood (Giemsa × 1000). Right, typical pathohistological changes (perivascular cuffing) in a brain section of patient with sleeping sickness (haematoxylin and eosin × 400)
Angolan woman with terminal stage of sleeping sickness
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