Diagnosis
- organism is demonstrated in the blood, lymph nodes or
- cultures (taken for 12 days)
- CSF examination:
- the CSF is spun down and the deposit is stained for typanosomes
- white count is raised (>5 /mm^3)
- protein is elevated (>250 mg/l)
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