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Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Dispatch

Reemergence of Human African Trypanosomiasis Caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Ethiopia

Adugna AberaComments to Author , 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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Table 1

Laboratory data and clinical information for 4 human African trypanosomiasis case-patients, Selamber Primary Hospital, Kucha Alfa District, South Nations Nationalities Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia, 2022*

Laboratory data Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4
Leukocytes, × 109 cells/L 4.7 5 7.5 4
Hemoglobin, g/dL 6.6 8 7.3 10
MCV, fL 88 91.3 96 89
Platelets, × 103/μL 120 110 143 90
SGOT, U/L 5 3.6 83.7 21.3
SGPT, U/L 0.5 4.4 26.3 37
ALP, U/L 18.5 65 70 200
Giemsa-stained blood film T. brucei spp. positive T. brucei spp. positive T. brucei spp. positive T. brucei spp. positive
Test blood film for malaria Yes Yes Yes Yes
PCR test done No No Yes No

*ALP, alkaline phosphatase; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; SGOT, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; SGPT, serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase.

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