Diseases

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.

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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.

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

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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for trypanosomiasis in tropical Africa caused by any species of Trypanosoma; coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; coordinate IM with TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE (IM) for Gambian trypanosomiasis; entry term NAGANA: coordinate TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN /vet (IM) with specific Trypanosoma species (IM) + animal disease term (IM) + specific animal (IM or NIM) + check tag ANIMALS; specify geographic term pertinent

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History Note

NAGANA was heading 1991-94; was see under TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN 1973-90; was see under TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE 1968-mid 72

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. African Trypanosomiasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014353. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014353
  2. African Trypanosomiasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis
  3. African Trypanosomiasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203133