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. 2008 Jun;14(6):966-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1406.071266.

High failure rates of melarsoprol for sleeping sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jo Robays  1 , Gaspard Nyamowala, Claude Sese, Victor Betu Ku Mesu Kande, Pascal Lutumba, Wim Van der Veken, Marleen Boelaert
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High failure rates of melarsoprol for sleeping sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jo Robays et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jun.

Abstract

A retrospective chart review of 4,925 human African trypanosomiasis patients treated with melarsoprol in 2001-2003 in Equateur Nord Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo showed a treatment failure rate of 19.5%. This rate increased over the 3 years. Relapse rates were highest in the central part of the province.

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