Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection in a Chinese traveler returning from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania  

作　　者：Qin Liu Xiao-Ling Chen Mu-Xin Chen Han-Guo Xie Qing Liu Zhu-Yun Chen Yao-Ying Lin Hua Zheng Jia-Xu Chen Yi Zhang Xiao-Nong Zhou 

机构地区：[1]National Institute of Parasitic Diseases,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research,WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases,National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases,Ministry of Science and Technology,Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology,Ministry of Health,Shanghai 200025,China [2]Fujian Medical University Union Hospital,Fuzhou,Fujian 350001,People’s Republic of China [3]Fujian Provincial Center for Diseases Control and Prevention,Fuzhou,Fujian 350000,People’s Republic of China

出　　处：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》2018年第1期486-491,共6页贫困所致传染病（英文）

基　　金：This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2016YFC1202000,2016YFC1202002);by the International Development Research Center(IDRC),Canada(grant No.108100–001).

摘　　要：Background:Human African trypanosomiasis(HAT)is one of the most complex parasitic diseases known to humankind.It usually occurs in endemic areas in Africa,but is occasionally detected in returning travelers and migrants in non-endemic countries.Case presentation:In August 2017,a case of HAT was diagnosed in China in a traveler returning from the Masai Mara area in Kenya and the Serengeti area in Tanzania.The traveler visited Africa from 23 July to 5 August,2017.Upon return to China,she developed a fever(on 8 August),and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection was confirmed by laboratory tests(on 14 August)including observation of parasites in blood films and by polymerase chain reaction.She was treated with pentamidine followed by suramin,and recovered 1 month later.Conclusions:This is the first imported rhodesiense HAT case reported in China.This case alerts clinical and public health workers to be aware of HAT in travelers,and expatriates and migrants who have visited at-risk areas in Africa.

关 键 词：Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Human African trypanosomiasis Imported infection China Treatment SURAMIN Tanzania 

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