TY - JOUR AU - Luintel, Akish AU - Lowe, Patricia AU - Cooper, Anneli AU - MacLeod, Annette AU - Büscher, Philippe AU - Brooks, Tim AU - Brown, Mike T1 - Case of Nigeria-Acquired Human African Trypanosomiasis in United Kingdom, 2016 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 7 SP - 1225 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Human African trypanosomiasis has not been reported in Nigeria since 2012. Nevertheless, limitations of current surveillance programs mean that undetected infections may persist. We report a recent case of stage 2 trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense acquired in Nigeria and imported into the United Kingdom. KW - African trypanosomiasis KW - Nigeria KW - Africa KW - United Kingdom KW - sleeping sickness KW - parasites KW - protozoa KW - zoonoses KW - human KW - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense KW - surveillance KW - vector-borne infections KW - tsetse fly DO - 10.3201/eid2307.170695 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/7/17-0695_article ER - End of Reference