Trypanosomiasis, African
Synonyms
African Sleeping Sickness
African Sleeping Sicknesses
African Trypanosomiases
African Trypanosomiasis
Nagana
Sickness, African Sleeping
Sicknesses, African Sleeping
Sleeping Sickness, African
Sleeping Sicknesses, African
Trypanosomiases, African
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.