Gambian trypanosomiasis

Introduction: Gambian trypanosomiasis

Description of Gambian trypanosomiasis

Gambian trypanosomiasis: a chronic disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in northern and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal east to Sudan and Uganda; characterized by splenomegaly, drowsiness, an uncontrollable urge to sleep, and the development of psychotic changes; basal ganglia and cerebellar involvement commonly lead to chorea and athetosis; the terminal phase of the disease is characterized by wasting, anorexia, and emaciation that gradually leads to coma and death, usually from intercurrent infection. SYN: chronic African sleeping sickness, chronic trypanosomiasis, gambiense sleeping sickness, West African sleeping sickness, West African trypanosomiasis.
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Gambian trypanosomiasis: A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Gambian or West African sleeping sickness in humans. The vector host is usually the tsetse fly (Glossina).
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Gambian trypanosomiasis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Gambian trypanosomiasis:

• Trypanosomiasis

Terms associated with Gambian trypanosomiasis:

Terms Similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis:

• Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
• Sleeping sickness (West African)

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Hierarchical classifications of Gambian trypanosomiasis

The following list attempts to classify Gambian trypanosomiasis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Trypanosomiasis, unspecified
• RICKETTSIOSES AND OTHER ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Gambian trypanosomiasis

• DPDx - Trypanosomiasis, African
• Trypanosoma brucei (www.whonamedit.com)
• Trypanosoma sp. (African trypanosomiasis)
• eMedicine - African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) : Article by Kitonga P Kiminyo, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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