TRYPANOSOMIASIS - NETHERLANDS ex TANZANIA (SERENGETI)
| Auteur: | Tomas Jelinek and Leo Visser |
| Tags: | Parasieten Buitenlands nieuws Binnenlands nieuws Hoger onderwijs Middelbaar onderwijs Basisonderwijs Nederlands Medisch/Veterinair |
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| Bijlage: | TRYPANOSOMIASIS - NETHERLANDS ex TANZANIA (SERENGETI).doc |
Trypanosomiasis in a Dutch tourist infected in Serengeti National Park - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On [Sun 12 Jul 2009], a 25-year-old Dutch woman was admitted to a hospital in the Netherlands because of fever and cellulitis of the left forearm. She had returned the same day from her holiday to Tanzania. Eight days before she had been bitten by gray brown flies during her visit to the Serengeti Park.In the blood film 2 trypomastigotes were seen. Lumbar puncture revealed 1 leukocyte, protein concentration was normal. The diagnosis of stage 1 human African trypanosomiasis by _Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense_ was made, and treatment with suramin was started.
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