Descriptive statistics of field results
HAT, headache
RECURRENT FEVER, REGRESSION, AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS
In total, 2353 clinical suspects were included: 707 in the prefecture of Boffa, 705 in Dubreka, and 941 in Forecariah. Of these clinical suspects, 1320 (56.1%) were female and 1033 (43.9%) male. Their median age was 30 years (range: 4–89). The most frequently observed clinical presentations were recurrent fever not responding to anti-malarial medication (96%) and headache for a long duration (80.3%), followed by weakness (21.1%) (Table Frequency of clinical presentations in study participants and HAT patients, and association to HAT positivityThis table shows gender, age and the frequency of clinical symptoms and signs in clinical suspects and in HAT patients. The association to HAT positivity was first assessed in univariable analysis and after using multi-variable mixed logistic regression. HAT: Human African trypanosomiasis; 