A Clinical and Epidemiological Investigation of the First Reported Human Infection With the Zoonotic Parasite<i>Trypanosoma evansi</i>in Southeast Asia

Abstract

We report the first laboratory-confirmed case ofT. evansiin a previously healthy individual without APOL1 deficiency, potentially contracted via a wound while butchering raw beef, and successfully treated with suramin. A linked epidemiological investigation revealed widespread and previously unidentified burden ofT. evansiin local cattle, highlighting the need for surveillance of this infection in animals and the possibility of further human cases.