Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Looming Emergency?
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1 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, 2 University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3 Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, 4 Programme National de Lutte contre la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, Paris, France, 6 Médecins Sans Frontières, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 7 CDI Bwamanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative, Geneva, Switzerland
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