[Report on l7 years of studies of human African trypanosomiasis caused by T. gambiense in children 0-6 years of age].

The authors present 227 cases of human African trypanosomiasis in children between 0 and 6 years, which have been observed for 17 years in the hyperendemic area of Fontem, Cameroon. These cases deal with a subject seldom described in medical literature. The authors especially insist on the velocity of both the contamination and involvement of the nervous system, as well as on the difficulty in settling a diagnosis when failing consider the notion of endemic area. On the other hand, they stress the fact that the efficiency of arsenical treatment is not more dangerous for children than for adults. Finally, they confirm the existence of congenital trypanosomiasis, which proves to be as important from the epidemiological point of view than from the strategical means to be used to identify this disease.