A man in his sixties with life-threatening febrile illness after travel abroad.

Background: African sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease seldom seen in European travellers.

Case Presentation: While working in Eastern Africa, a Norwegian man in his sixties developed weakness and fever. He was prescribed doxycycline after a negative malaria rapid test.

[A woman with long-lasting diarrhoea and fatigue].

Background: Intestinal trematodes are common parasites in man and many mammals. Infection is often asymptomatic and unrecognised.

Case Presentation: A woman in her twenties presented with loose stools of variable intensity over six months.