HAT diagnostics to support EoT Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is an infectious disease that leads to death if the patient is not treated. The vast majority of infections are due to the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and are referred to as gHAT, humans are assumed to be the only reservoir. So far, treatment options for gHAT were limited and toxic, forcing control programs to avoid overtreatment through complex diagnostic procedures, including ...