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Review
. 2002 Jul 27;325(7357):203-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7357.203.

Human African trypanosomiasis

August Stich  1 , Paulo M Abel, Sanjeev Krishna
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Review

Human African trypanosomiasis

August Stich et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Distribution of human African trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa
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Figure 2
Number of newly registered cases of human African trypanosomiasis in past 75 years according to WHO
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Figure 3
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)
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Figure 4
Angolan woman with terminal stage of sleeping sickness
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