African Trypanosomiasis

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.

Also Known As:

Nagana; Trypanosomiasis, African; African Sleeping Sicknesses; African Trypanosomiases; Sickness, African Sleeping; Sicknesses, African Sleeping; Sleeping Sickness, African; Sleeping Sicknesses, African; Trypanosomiases, African; African Sleeping Sickness

Infections: 526564
- Parasitic Diseases: 4870
  - Protozoan Infections: 282
    - Euglenozoa Infections
      - Trypanosomiasis: 926
        African Trypanosomiasis: 1154
- Vector Borne Diseases: 374
  - African Trypanosomiasis: 1154

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