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high failure rates of melarsoprol for sleeping sickness, democratic republic of congo.

a retrospective chart review of 4,925 human african trypanosomiasis patients treated with melarsoprol in 2001-2003 in equateur nord province of the democratic republic of congo showed a treatment failure rate of 19.5%. this rate increased over the 3 years. relapse rates were highest in the central part of the province.