Publications
Review
- Brun R, Blum, J, Chappuis F, Burri C. Human African trypanosomiasis. Lancet. 2010;375:148-159.
Epidemiologic Overview
- WHO. Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) epidemiological update. Weekly Epidemiol Rec. 2006:82:71080.
- Simarro PP, Jannin J, Cattand P. Eliminating human African trypanosomiasis: where do we stand and what comes next? PLoS Med. 2008:5(2):e55.
Clinical Disease and Imported Infection in Travelers
- Braakman HM, van de Molengraft, FJ, Hubert WW, Boerman DH. Lethal African trypanosomiasis in a traveler: MRI and neuropathology. Neurology. 2006;66:1094-6.
- Blum J, Schmid C, Burri C. Clinical aspects of 2541 patients with second stage human African trypanosomiasis. Acta Trop 2006;97:55-64.
- Jelinek T, Bisoffi Z, Bonazzi L, et al. Cluster of African trypanosomiasis in travelers to Tanzanian national parks. Emerg Infect Dis 2002;8:634-35.
- Lejon V, Boelart M, Jannin J, Moore A, Buscher P. The challenge of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness diagnosis outside of Africa. Lancet Infect Dis 2003;3:804-08.
- Moore AC, Ryan ET Waldron MA. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Cas 20-2002. A 37-year-old man with fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and a cutaneous foot lesion after a trip to Africa. N Engl J Med 2002;346:2069-76.
- Moore DA, Edwards M, Escombe R, et al. African trypanosomiasis in travelers returning to the United Kingdom. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002:8:74-6.
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