infection from the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or the closely related subspecies T. brucei rhodesiense, transmitted by the ... [5 related articles]
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An infectious disease caused by trypanosomes occurring in Africa and carried by tsetse flies. It causes fever, headache, often a sense of oppression, and a rash; later the characteristic somnolence follows and the disease enters a chronic, often fatal stage. Treatment is most effective if started be...
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Synonym for Trypanosoma ... <protozoa> Genus of Protozoa that causes serious infections in humans and domestic animals. African trypanosomes, of the brucei group, are carried by Tsetse flies and, when they enter the bloodstream of the mammalian host go through a complex series of stages. ... Perhaps the most interesting feature is that there ...
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African trypanosomiasis. any of various diseases characterized by increasing drowsiness and lethargy; some are caused by protozoal infections, such as African trypanosomiasis, and others are caused by viral infections, such as St. Louis encephalitis or eastern, Venezuelan, or western equine encephalomyelitis.
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Name given to both African trypanosomiaisis and mosquito-borne, virus-induced encephalitis.
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See Trypanosoma > Trypanosoma.
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Encephalomyelitis
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Type: Term See: Gambian trypanosomiasis, Rhodesian trypanosomiasis
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Sleeping sickness (Trypartosomiasis) is caused by the Trypanosoma gambiense parasite, discovered in 1902. The disease is spread by various flies called Tsetse flies (Glossina), and the parasites live in the intestines and salivary glands of infected flies; when they bite a human being the parasite is transferred to the wound and thence to the patie...
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Common term for the depression and somnolence characteristic of equine viral encephalomyelitis.
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[
n] - an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926
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an infectious disease in Africa spread by the bite of a tsetse fly that causes a fever and weakness
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sleepy sickness noun an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
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Infectious disease of tropical Africa, a form of trypanosomiasis. Early symptoms include fever, headache, and chills, followed by anaemia and joint pains. Later, the disease attacks the central nervous system, causing drowsiness, lethargy, and, if left untreated, death. Sleeping sickness is caused by either of two trypanosomes,
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