African Trypanosomiasis

Introduction: African Trypanosomiasis

Description of African Trypanosomiasis

African Trypanosomiasis (medical condition): Fly-borne African parasitic disease. See also African Sleeping sickness:
  »Introduction: African Sleeping sickness
  »Symptoms of African Sleeping sickness

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 African Sleeping sickness (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: African Sleeping sickness
  »Symptoms of African Sleeping sickness

African Trypanosomiasis: African Trypanosomiasis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Parasitic Conditions

Symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping sickness)

Some of the symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis incude:

• Red sore - at the fly bite site
• Chancre
• Fever
• Severe headaches
• Irritability

See full list of 38 symptoms of African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping sickness)

Terms associated with African Trypanosomiasis:

Terms Similar to African Trypanosomiasis:

• African sleeping sickness

Source - NIH

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