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Trypanosomiasis, African  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces "African sleeping sickness." Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.

Synonym(s)

  • African Sleeping Sickness
  • African Trypanosomiasis

In other languages

  • French

  • Hypnopathie
  • Léthargie d'Afrique
  • Toxinose du sommeil
  • Trypanosomiase africaine
  • Trypanosomose africaine

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