Reemergence of Human African Trypanosomiasis Caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Ethiopia
Adugna Abera
, Tihitina Mamecha, Ebise Abose, Belachew Bokicho, Agune Ashole, Tesfahun Bishaw, Abinet Mariyo, Buzayehu Bogale, Haileyesus Terefe, Henok Tadesse, Mahlet Belachew, Hailemariam Difabachew, Araya Eukubay, Solomon Kinde, Abraham Ali, Feyesa Regasa, Fikre Seife, Zeyede Kebede, Mesfin Wossen, Getachew Tollera, Mesay Hailu, Nigus Manaye, Nick Van Reet, Gerardo Priotto, Johan van Griensven, Myrthe Pareyn, and Geremew Tasew
Author affiliations: Ethiopia Public Health Institute, Bacterial, Parasitic, and Zoonotic Research Directorate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (A. Abera, M. Belachew, H. Difabachew, A. Eukubay, S. Kinde, A. Ali, G. Tasew); Selamber Primary Hospital, Kucha Alfa District, Selamber, Ethiopia (T. Mamecha, A. Mariyo, B. Bogale); Public Health Emergency Management, Ethiopia Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa (E. Abose, H. Tadesse, F. Regasa, M. Wossen); South Nations Nationalities People’s Region Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia (B. Bokicho, A. Ashole, H. Terefe); Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, Addis Ababa (T. Bishaw, F. Seife); World Health Organization Country Office, Addis Ababa (Z. Kebede, N. Manaye); Ethiopia Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa (G. Tollera, M. Hailu); World Health Organization Center for Research and Training on Human African Trypanosomiasis Diagnostics, and Trypanosoma Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (N. Van Reet); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (G. Priotto); Unit of Neglected Tropical Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp (J. van Griensven, M. Pareyn)
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Figure. Locations of past and present human African trypanosomiasis outbreaks in Ethiopia. Areas in light blue indicate location of 1969–1970 outbreak and last case report in the Goge and Jore Districts in the Gambella region. Red dot indicates location of 2022 outbreak in Kucha Alfa District, Gamo Zone, South Nations Nationalities Peoples’ Region. Inset shows location of primary map area.
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