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# One month later, there are urticaria eruptions with plaques on the neck, chest flanks and rump.
 
# One month later, there are urticaria eruptions with plaques on the neck, chest flanks and rump.
 
# Progressive anaemia and limb paralysis may then follow, leading to death (Uilenberg, 1998; Connor, 2004).
 
# Progressive anaemia and limb paralysis may then follow, leading to death (Uilenberg, 1998; Connor, 2004).
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===Skin===
    
Trypanosomiasis can present with '''persistent non-healing circular ulcers'''. A '''direct smear of the squeezed exudate''' from the lesion usually reveals large numbers of the parasites (usually ''T. brucei'').
 
Trypanosomiasis can present with '''persistent non-healing circular ulcers'''. A '''direct smear of the squeezed exudate''' from the lesion usually reveals large numbers of the parasites (usually ''T. brucei'').
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