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High failure rates of melarsoprol for sleeping sickness, Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| Authors: | Robays Jo Nyamowala Gaspard Sese Claude Betu Ku Mesu Kande Victor Lutumba Pascal Van der Veken Wim Boelaert Marleen |
| Affiliation: | *Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium;†Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo;‡Medische Missie Samenwerking Organisation, Kinshasa;§University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa;¶Belgian Technical Cooperation, Kinshasa |
| Abstract: | A retrospective chart review of 4,925 human African trypanosomiasis patients treated with melarsoprol in 2001-2003 in Equateur Nord Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo showed a treatment failure rate of 19.5%. This rate increased over the 3 years. Relapse rates were highest in the central part of the province. |
| Keywords: | Human African trypanosomiasis relapse treatment melarsoprol dispatch |
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