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Item Paediatric sleeping sickness in Kenya: A case report(2004) Matete, G. O.; Kisivuli, J. A.; Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute; Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Trypanosomiasis Research centre Muguga ) Alupe sub District HospitalSleeping sickness is often considered a disease of adults rather than children due to their reduced exposure to the vector. Presumptive diagnosis of sleeping sickness was however difficult since the clinical signs observed were non-specific. This makes. Clinical diagnosis difficult. Often the disease in children masquerades as a pulmonary infection that is undetectable on x-ray or auscultation. A male child aged two years and eight months was diagnosed with the disease in western Kenya. The patient presented with severe respiratory distress, hepatosplenomegay and neurological symptoms. The disease transmission was associated with the socio-cultural habit of placing children under bushes whilst farming. The implications of delayed diagnosis on response to treatment are discussed.Item Titres of The Igm Class of Immunoglobulins In Gambian Sleeping Sickness and Other Disease Conditions(1961/1962) Watson, H.J.C.; Chirieleison, G.; Nigerian Institute of Trypanosomiasis Research KadunaThe work of Mattern et al. (1961) and Mattern (1962) has demonstrated that raised levels of the IgM class of immunoglobulins which occur in human trypanosomiasis provide a valuable means for the presumptive diagnosis of the disease. In considering the use of this technique, it is obviously of importance that information should be available on the IgM titres occurring in other pathological conditions which might complicate or confuse its application. This paper describes findings in patients with Gambian trypanosomiasis, both before and after they had been treated, and in a variety of other conditions.
