Cluster of African trypanosomiasis in travelers to Tanzanian national parks.
Jelinek T, Bisoffi Z, Bonazzi L, van Thiel P, Bronner U, de Frey A, Gundersen SG, McWhinney P, Ripamonti D; European Network on Imported Infectious Disease Surveillance.
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. jelinek@lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Game parks in Tanzania have long been considered to be at low risk for African trypanosomiasis; however, nine cases of the disease associated with these parks were recently reported. The outbreak was detected through TropNetEurop, a sentinel surveillance network of clinical sites throughout Europe.
PMID: 12023923 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]