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case_images: Outbreaks of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the five departments of the Estuary Province. The red spots show the old affected areas. The orange stars indicate the areas where the cases originated. This map has been designed by us from a free access map.
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case_images: The first patient, a 28-year-old man native to Gabon was living in the Noya region (Figure 1). The second patient, a 41-year-old man, originally from Indonesia, living in Gabon for the past 8 years, in the Kango town in the Komo department (Figure 1) working in the Gabonese forest for the Olam company.
case_images: Trypanosoma identification using microscopic analyze. The red arrows point toward the parasite. 100 x magnification.
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case_images: The diagnosis of HAT was done by microscopic analysis and revealed the presence of trypanosomes in aspiration fluid of the ganglion (Figure 2).
case_images: Phylogenetic relationships among Trypanosoma parasites sequences obtained and the sequences from Genbank. Sequences obtained from the different patients are included in red. The sequences reported in this study were deposited in Genbank under the following accession numbers: MT460094-MT460095.
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case_images: The tree was built (Figure 3) using MEGA software.