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a. Trypanosomal chancre on shoulder of patient 1, with lymphangitis toward axilla. 1b. Trypanosomal chancre on throat of patient 2.
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A characteristic trypanosomal chancre was present on the skin of the submandibular region (Figure 1b).
PMC2730280_02
a. Trypanosomal chancre on shoulder of patient 1, with lymphangitis toward axilla. 1b. Trypanosomal chancre on throat of patient 2.
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A characteristic trypanosomal chancre was present on the skin of the submandibular region (Figure 1b).
Map of sub-Saharan Africa, indicating itineraries of two patients with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infection
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T. brucei (also presumed to be rhodesiense) infection, in this case acquired during a 14-day safari vacation to Kenya and Tanzania. This 30-year-old male patient visited the Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park, and Lake Manyara (Figure 2), but noted tsetse bites only while in the Serengeti, 7 days before symptom onset.