Trypanosomiasis

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Trypanosomiasis is the name of the several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma. The disease may also be called trypanosomosis but there is no greater authority for either; both terms are widely used in publication. More than 66 million women, men, and children in 36 countries of sub- Saharan Africa suffer from human African trypanosomiasis[citation needed]. There are two forms of African sleeping sickness, caused by two related parasites:

  • Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
  • Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

  • Nagana, or Animal African trypanosomiasis, also called 'Souma' or 'Soumaya' in Sudan.
  • Surra
  • Mal de caderas (of central South America)
  • Murrina de caderas (of Panama; Derrengadera de caderas)
  • Dourine
  • Cachexial fevers (various)
  • Gambian horse sickness (of central Africa)
  • Baleri (of Sudan)
  • Kaodzera (Rhodesian trypanosomiasis)
  • Tahaga (a disease of camels in Algeria)
  • Galziekte, galzietzke (bilious fever of cattle; gall sickness of South Africa)
  • Peste-boba (of Venezuela; Derrengadera)

Report on Trypanosomes, Thomas, (London, 1905)
Tropical diseases, Sir Patrick Manson, (fifth edition, London, 1914)
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, C. W. Daniels, (New York, 1914)
The Trypanosomiases, I. Maudlin, P.H. Holmes, M.A. Miles (Wallingford, 2004)
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