 Trypanosomiasis, African
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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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D014353
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.752.300.900.719
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| Concept/Terms |
Trypanosomiasis, African- Trypanosomiasis, African
- African Trypanosomiases
- Trypanosomiases, African
- African Trypanosomiasis
- African Sleeping Sickness
- African Sleeping Sicknesses
- Sickness, African Sleeping
- Sicknesses, African Sleeping
- Sleeping Sickness, African
- Sleeping Sicknesses, African
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McHugo GP, Ward JA, Browne JA, O'Gorman GM, Meade KG, Hill EW, Hall TJ, MacHugh DE. Functional genomics of trypanotolerant and trypanosusceptible cattle infected with Trypanosoma congolense across multiple time points and tissues. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Aug; 19(8):e0012882.
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Davis CN, Castaño MS, Aliee M, Patel S, Miaka EM, Keeling MJ, Spencer SEF, Chitnis N, Rock KS. Modelling to Quantify the Likelihood that Local Elimination of Transmission has Occurred Using Routine Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis Surveillance Data. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 06 14; 72(Suppl 3):S146-S151.
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H??g JL, Lacomble S, Bouchet-Marquis C, Briggs L, Park K, Hoenger A, Gull K. 3D Architecture of the Trypanosoma brucei Flagella Connector, a Mobile Transmembrane Junction. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jan; 10(1):e0004312.
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Franco-Paredes C, Rouphael N, M?ndez J, Folch E, Rodr?guez-Morales AJ, Santos JI, Hurst JW. Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections. Part 2: Parasitic myocardial disease. Clin Cardiol. 2007 May; 30(5):218-22.
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