African Trypanosomiasis Parasitic Infectious Diseases

African Trypanosomiasis Parasitic Infectious Diseases

Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma, which are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.).

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See Also:

World Health Organization: African Trypanosomiasis - Fact sheets, research progress, and information about WHO efforts to control this deadly sleeping sickness, which is transmitted to humans by tsetse flies.
Division of Parasitic Diseases - Trypanosomiasis - Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
eMedicine - African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) - Article by Kitonga P Kiminyo, MD.
Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT) - Combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis problem. Includes disease information and maps.

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