Table 1: Comparison of T. B. Gambiense and T.B. Rhodesiense Trypanosomiasis:  Epidemiology, Clinical Course And Diagnosis.

Table 2: Comparison of T.b. gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense Trypanosomiasis: Treatment of Early-Stage and Late-Stage Patients.

Table 3: Comparison of T.b. gambiense and T.b. rhodesiense Trypanosomiasis:  Treatment of Relapses.

Vignettes

Life cycle of African Trypanosomiasis

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Authors

  Jacques Pepin, MD, FRCPC, MSc