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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018
Research Letter

Human African Trypanosomiasis in Emigrant Returning to China from Gabon, 2017

Xinyu Wang1, Qiaoling Ruan1, Wen-Hong Zhang1, Jianfei Gu, Yiyi Qian, Muxin Chen, Qin Liu, Qing Lu, and Wenhong ZhangComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Fudan University, Shanghai, China (X. Wang, Q. Ruan, B. Xu, J. Gu, Y. Qian, Q. Lu, W. Zhang); Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO Collaborating Center for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai (M. Chen, Q. Liu)

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Bone marrow test results and brain imaging of a 60-year-old man who returned to China from Gabon with suspected human African trypanosomiasis. A) Trypanosoma spp. (later determined to be T, brucei gambie) in a Giemsa-stained thin bone marrow film. Original magnification ×1,000. B) A T2-weighted FLAIR image with hyperintense signal changes in the left basal ganglia. C) Brain positron emission tomography–computed tomography suggested reduced glucose metabolism in the left basal ganglia.

Figure. Bone marrow test results and brain imaging of a 60-year-old man who returned to China from Gabon with suspected human African trypanosomiasis. A) Trypanosoma spp. (later determined to be T. brucei gambiense) in a Giemsa-stained thin bone marrow film. Original magnification ×1,000. B) A T2-weighted fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image with hyperintense signal changes in the left basal ganglia. C) Brain positron emission tomography–computed tomography suggested reduced glucose metabolism in the left basal ganglia.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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