Sleeping sickness
Alternate Names : African trypanosomiasis
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Sleeping Sickness
By Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt MDThe Gale Group Inc., Gale.. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2002more »
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How is sleeping sickness spread?
The tsetse fly is the host for the parasite, which is transmitted by biting. The bite is sufficiently painful for it to be noticed, but only a few of the flies carry the infection.
East African sleeping sickness
Type: Term
Synonyms: Rhodesian trypanosomiasis
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What is African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness)?
African trypanosomiasis, also called African sleeping sickness, is a systemic disease caused by a parasite and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly.
sleeping sickness
slip skns noun an African disease spread by the tsetse fly where trypanosomes infest the blood Also called ...
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Sleeping Sickness
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Sleeping Sickness (Trypanosomiasis)
To the group of diseases caused by Trypanosomes must now be added sleeping sickness. This disease is due to the presence and action in the human body of a form known as T. gambiense (Dutton).
African sleeping sickness(African Trypanosomiasis)
Parasite transmitted by tsetse fly bite.
Rural Africa, between latitudes 15 degrees N and 20 degrees S.
Sleeping sickness in humans and a group of cattle diseases that are widespread in Africa, and known as nagana, are caused by protozoan trypanosomes transmitted by the bites of tsetse flies.
Sleeping Sickness
African Trypanosomiasis or Encephalitis Lethargica.
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African Sleeping sickness ... seizures, aching muscles, tremors
Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... seizures, impaired hand-eye coordination
Aggressive NK-cell leukaemia ... fatigue
Aging brain syndrome ... fatigability ...
Symptoms of African sleeping sickness may appear at once, after several weeks, or even after years in the Gambian type.
Chagas' disease is an infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite related to the African trypanosome that causes sleeping sickness.
The form called encephalitis lethargica ("sleeping sickness") results in a set of Parkinson's disease-like symptoms called postencephalitic parkinsonianism. In some cases encephalitis causes death.
African trypanosomiasis is also known as sleeping sickness. There are two types of African trypanosomiasis, East and West, named for the region of Africa in which they were historically found.
African trypanosomiasis (Also called African sleeping sickness.) - a systemic disease caused by parasite of the Trypanosoma brucei family and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly.
Human African trypanosomiasis, Sleeping sickness, African lethargy, or Congo trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease of people and animals, caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by the tsetse...
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postencephalitic parkinsonism - a viral disease that causes "sleeping sickness."
striatonigral degeneration - the substantia nigra of the brain is only mildly affected, while other areas of the brain show more severe damage.
Chagas disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite related to the African trypanosome that causes sleeping sickness. It is spread by reduvid bugs and is one of the major health problems in South America.
American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is distinguished from African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) by the part of the world where they occur, their vectors, their different symptoms and different treatments (see Table 1).
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MDTravel Health - African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
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Division of Parasitic Diseases - West African trypanosomiasis Fact Sheet ...
The colonial administration also followed public health policies (Eugène Jamot did some research on sleeping sickness) as well as encouraging Francophony.
African Trypanosomiasis ("African Sleeping Sickness")
BSE ("Mad Cow Disease") and vCJD
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Synonym(s): Von Economo's Disease, Sleeping Sickness
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Giardiasis - Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping sickness, Chagas disease) - Leishmaniasis (Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Visceral leishmaniasis) - Trichomoniasis
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America should not sleep in adobe dwellings where reduviid bugs can transmit Chagas disease. In Africa, travelers should avoid bright colors and wear long-sleeved shirts and pants to avoid tsetse flies in regions where African sleeping sickness ...
Aerotitis media Aesculapius AFAP Afaxin Affect Affective disorder, seasonal (SAD) Affective disorders Afferent Afferent nerve Afferent vessel Affinity Affordance AFIP Aflatoxin AFO (ankle-foot orthosis) African American African sleeping sickness ...
 See also: Fever, Symptom, Trypanosomiasis, Death, Encephalitis
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