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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D014353
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Preferred Name

Trypanosomiasis, African

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