The unknown risk of vertical transmission in sleeping sickness--a literature review.

<h4>Background</h4>Children with human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) present with a range of generally non-specific symptoms. Late diagnosis is frequent with often tragic outcomes. Trypanosomes can infect the foetus by crossing the placenta. Unequivocal cases of congenital infection that...

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Main Authors: Andreas K Lindner, Gerardo Priotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0000783&type=printable
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