Abstract
<i>Trypanososma brucei rhodesiense</i>Sleeping Sickness, Uganda
Highlights
To the Editor: The past 2 decades have heralded notable success in efforts to control sleeping sickness in Africa
Despite the continental effect of convergence of the 2 causes of HAT, little is known about trends in incidence and epidemiology of HAT in central Uganda
This study was approved by the ethics review board for human subjects at McGill University
Summary
To the Editor: The past 2 decades have heralded notable success in efforts to control sleeping sickness (human African trypanosomiasis [HAT]) in Africa. Concern has increased recently regarding potential convergence of the 2 causes of HAT (Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense). Uganda is the only country with endemic distributions of these 2 trypanosome species, and convergence there represents a major public health concern, given the potential for overlapping infections to compromise treatment and control programs and spread into neighboring countries [3,4].
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