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SUBMITTER: Kone M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7515183 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koné Minayégninrin M N'Gouan Emmanuel Kouassi EK Kaba Dramane D Koffi Mathurin M Kouakou Lingué L N'Dri Louis L Kouamé Cyrille Mambo CM Nanan Valentin Kouassi VK Tapé Gossé Apollinaire GA Coulibaly Bamoro B Courtin Fabrice F Ahouty Bernardin B Djohan Vincent V Bucheton Bruno B Solano Philippe P Büscher Philippe P Lejon Veerle V Jamonneau Vincent V
PLoS neglected tropical diseases 20200914 9
<h4>Background</h4>Significant efforts to control human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) over the two past decades have resulted in drastic decrease of its prevalence in Côte d'Ivoire. In this context, passive surveillance, integrated in the national health system and based on clinical suspicion, was reinforced. We describe here the health-seeking pathway of a girl who was the first HAT patient diagnosed through this strategy in August 2017.<h4>Methods</h4>After definitive diagnosis of this patient ...[more]