African Trypanosomiasis

Introduction: African Trypanosomiasis

Description of African Trypanosomiasis

African Trypanosomiasis (medical condition): A rare infectious disease caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and is transmitted through the bite of an infected Tsetse fly. The infection causes an acute illness with symptoms occurring from days to weeks after infection. Death relatively common, especially in untreated cases.

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Trypanosomiasis, east-African:
  »Introduction: Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Symptoms of Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Causes of Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Treatments for Trypanosomiasis, east-African

African Trypanosomiasis: A disease caused by parasites (Trypanosome brucei gamiense or T. brucei rodesiense) and transmitted to humans by the tsetse fly which is found only in Africa. Causes symptoms such as fever, chills, headache, anemia, edema of hands and feet, enlarged lymph glands, lethargy, sleepiness, convulsions and coma. Also called African sleeping sickness and sleeping sickness.

African Trypanosomiasis: a serious endemic disease in tropic Africa, of two types: Gambian or West African trypanosomiasis and Rhodesian or East African trypanosomiasis.
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African Trypanosomiasis: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

African Trypanosomiasis is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that African Trypanosomiasis, or a subtype of African Trypanosomiasis, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list African Trypanosomiasis as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

African Trypanosomiasis as a Disease

African Trypanosomiasis: Another name for Trypanosomiasis, east-African (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Symptoms of Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Causes of Trypanosomiasis, east-African
  »Treatments for Trypanosomiasis, east-African

Causes of African Trypanosomiasis

Some of the causes of African Trypanosomiasis are included in the list below:

• A bite from an infected tsetse fly causes African trypanosomiasis
• Blood transfusions are a rare cause of parasitic transmission
• In rare cases, accidental transmission in the laboratory has been implicated

Read more about causes of African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosomiasis, east-African)

Symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosomiasis, east-African)

Some of the symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis incude:

• High fever
• Skin chancre
• Myocarditis
• Hepatitis
• Anemia

See full list of 14 symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosomiasis, east-African)

Treatments for African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosomiasis, east-African)

Treatments for African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosomiasis, east-African) include:

• Pentamidine - if no CNS symptoms present
• Suramin
• Eflornithine
• Melarsoprol - if CNS symptoms present
• Intravenous pentamidine

See full list of 6 treatments for African Trypanosomiasis

Treatment of African Trypanosomiasis: For more treatment information about African Trypanosomiasis, see treatment of Trypanosomiasis, east-African (African Trypanosomiasis)

Terms associated with African Trypanosomiasis:

Terms Similar to African Trypanosomiasis:

• African sleeping sickness

Source - NIH

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