Sleeping-sickness in children at Bobo-Dioulasso Hospital: a three case report.

The authors report three observations of trypanosomiasis in children aged 3 to 13 years from ivory Coast and Burkina Faso. Two cases were imported fro m Cote d'Ivoire and one originated from an old endemic area of Bobo-Dioulas so region in Burkina Faso. Clinical features were comparable to classical d escriptions in adults but neurological findings were dominant. Two children were at the lymphatic stage. Treatment with melarsoprol in two cases and e flornithine in one case led to complete recovery. Active epidemiologic surveillance of this zoonosis should be maintained and the devastating pandemic of the beginning of the century should be remembe red.