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Diagnosis of a Trypanosoma lewisi-like (Herpetosoma) infection in a sick infant from Thailand
20 Jul 2007
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Trypanosomes were observed in a peripheral blood smear from a 45-day-old Thai infant displaying fever, anaemia, cough and anorexia. Human trypanosomiasis is not endemic to Thailand, so parasite identification was undertaken to determine likely sources of the infection. Several morphological parameters of the trypanosomes were similar to those of Trypanosoma evansi and statistically different from those of...
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