What is West African Trypanosomiasis?
What is West African Trypanosomiasis?
- West African Trypanosomiasis: West African sleeping sickness from the tsetse fly.
- West African 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).
Source - Diseases Database
West 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 West African Trypanosomiasis, or a subtype of West African Trypanosomiasis,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
West African Trypanosomiasis: Introduction
Types of West African Trypanosomiasis:
Broader types of West African Trypanosomiasis:
Who gets West African Trypanosomiasis?
Geography Profile for West African Trypanosomiasis: West African
trypanosomiasis can be contracted in parts of Western and Central Africa;
see the map for areas where illness can be found. The tsetse fly lives
only in Africa; areas where infection is spread are largely determined by
where the infected tsetse fly is found. (Source: excerpt from West African Trypanosomiasis: DPD)
How serious is West African Trypanosomiasis?
Prognosis of West African Trypanosomiasis: Good with treatment. Death within weeks or months if untreated
Complications of West African Trypanosomiasis:
see complications of West African Trypanosomiasis
What causes West African Trypanosomiasis?
Causes of West African Trypanosomiasis: see causes of West African Trypanosomiasis
Risk factors for West African Trypanosomiasis:
see
risk factors for West African Trypanosomiasis
What are the symptoms of West African Trypanosomiasis?
Symptoms of West African Trypanosomiasis:
see symptoms of West African Trypanosomiasis
Complications of West African Trypanosomiasis:
see complications of West African Trypanosomiasis
Incubation period for West African Trypanosomiasis: Symptoms occur within
months to years after infection. (Source: excerpt from West African Trypanosomiasis: DPD)
Can anyone else get West African Trypanosomiasis?
More information:
see contagiousness of West African Trypanosomiasis
West African Trypanosomiasis: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for West African Trypanosomiasis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and West African Trypanosomiasis.
How is it treated?
Treatments for West African Trypanosomiasis:
see treatments for West African Trypanosomiasis
Prevention of West African Trypanosomiasis:
see prevention of West African Trypanosomiasis
Research for West African Trypanosomiasis:
see research for West African Trypanosomiasis
Name and Aliases of West African Trypanosomiasis
Main name of condition: West African Trypanosomiasis
Other names or spellings for West African Trypanosomiasis:
Gambian sleeping sickness, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, trypanosomiasis [Trypanosoma brucei gambiense]
Sleeping sickness (West African), Gambian trypanosomiasis
Source - Diseases Database
Gambian sleeping sickness, Trypanosomiasis, west African
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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