Sleeping sickness in children
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Date
1975-01Author
Balint, O.
Wenninger, R.L.
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Twenty-three cases of Sleeping Sickness in children have been analysed at the Arthur Davison Hospital and Mukinge Hospital during the past five years. The overall mortality was 34.8%. This was especially high when trypanosomes were found in the CSF (43.8%), in patients with a CSF cell count greater than 101 /cumm (50.0%), and in patients with associated protein calorie malnutrition (PCM) (30.0%). Some clinical features of sleeping sickness (SS) in children are discussed and the therapeutic approach reviewed. The importance of early diagnosis is stressed.
Citation
Balint, O. and Wenninger, R.L. (1975). Sleeping sickness in children. Medical Journal of Zambia. 9 (6)Sponsorhip
Office of Global AIDS/US Department of State.Publisher
Medical Journal of Zambia.
Subject
Trypanosomiasis, African, Children---ZambiaAfrican Sleeping Sickness---Zambia
African Trypanosomiasis---Zambia
Nagana, Children---Zambia
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Sleeping Sickness in children
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- Ministry of Health [143]