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| Preferred Name | African Trypanosomiasis | |
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African Trypanosomiasis Sleeping Sickness |
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| Definitions |
A parasitic disorder caused by protozoa of the Trypanosoma brucei species. It is transmitted by flies and is endemic in various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Signs and symptoms include fever, joint pain, headache, and significant swelling of the lymph nodes. If left untreated, the parasitic infection causes anemia, heart, kidney, and endocrine failure, and neurologic damage. Subsequently patients develop confusion, disruption of the sleep cycle, and mental deterioration. The infection may lead to coma and death. |
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C84541 |
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| ALT_DEFINITION |
A protozoan infection that is caused by Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted by tsetse flies; it is characterized by fever, joint pain, headache, and lymphadenopathy, and it may progress to multi-organ involvement.
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C84541
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http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C156952 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128453 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 |
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CPTAC NICHD
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| DEFINITION |
A parasitic disorder caused by protozoa of the Trypanosoma brucei species. It is transmitted by flies and is endemic in various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Signs and symptoms include fever, joint pain, headache, and significant swelling of the lymph nodes. If left untreated, the parasitic infection causes anemia, heart, kidney, and endocrine failure, and neurologic damage. Subsequently patients develop confusion, disruption of the sleep cycle, and mental deterioration. The infection may lead to coma and death.
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African Trypanosomiasis Sleeping Sickness
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African Trypanosomiasis
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African Trypanosomiasis
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Thesaurus:C84541
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Disease or Syndrome
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| UMLS_CUI |
C0041228
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