Preferred Name

Trypanosomiasis, African [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms

African Sleeping Sickness

African Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis, African

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003026

altLabel

African Sleeping Sickness

African Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosomiasis, African

cui

C0041228

May be treated by

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000148299

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000021586

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000162659

MESH DEFINITION

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.

MESH DUI

D014353

MeSH name

Trypanosomiasis, African

MESH UI

M0022074

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000003026

NUI

N0000003026

prefLabel

Trypanosomiasis, African [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

27031003

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003025

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