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• TITLE: Human African Trypanosomiasis Successfully Treated with Melarsoprol in Pregnancy in a Niger Delta Rural Hospital

  AUTHORS: Uchechukwu C. Ugoji, Andrew A. Bock-Oruma, Duncan Umukoro, Geraldine U. Ndukwu

  KEYWORDS: African Trypanosomiasis, Sub-Saharan Africa, Pregnancy, Melarsoprol

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.3 No.6, June 16, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) commonly known as sleeping sickness occurs in about 36 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and results in a large number of deaths and considerable illness. The drugs used in the treatment of HAT are very toxic and therefore might not be safe in pregnancy. Few published data exist on the treatment of HAT in pregnancy. We describe a case of T. brucei gambiense infection occurring in a pregnant woman that was successfully treated with Melarsoprol with no toxic effect to mother and the baby after 2 years of follow-up.