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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;15(11):1866-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090384.

East African trypanosomiasis in a pregnant traveler

Behzad Nadjm, Chris Van Tulleken, Douglas Macdonald, Peter L Chiodini
Case Reports

East African trypanosomiasis in a pregnant traveler

Behzad Nadjm et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Nov.
No abstract available

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Chancre at site of tsetse fly bite on forehead of pregnant patient with trypanosomiasis.
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