TY - JOUR AU - Bisoffi, Zeno AU - Beltrame, Anna AU - Monteiro, Geraldo AU - Arzese, Alessandra AU - Marocco, Stefania AU - Rorato, Giada AU - Anselmi, Mariella AU - Viale, Pierluigi T1 - African Trypanosomiasis Gambiense, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 11 SP - 1745 SN - 1080-6059 AB - African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense has not been reported in Italy. We report 2 cases diagnosed in the summer of 2004. Theses cases suggest an increased risk for expatriates working in trypanosomiasis-endemic countries. Travel medicine clinics should be increasingly aware of this potentially fatal disease. KW - African trypanosomiasis KW - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense KW - Italy KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1111.050649 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/11/05-0649_article ER - End of Reference