Trypanosomiasis

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Trypanosomiasis is the name of the diseases caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus trypanosoma in vertebrates. The medically correct term for the disease is trypanosomosis but 'trypanosomiasis' is widely used.

Human trypanosomiases

• Human African trypanosomiasis, see Sleeping sickness
• Human American trypanosomiasis, see Chagas disease

Animal trypanosomiases

• Nagana, or Animal African trypanosomiasis, also called 'Souma' or 'Soumaya' in Sudan.
• Surra
• Mal de caderas (of central South America)
• Murrina de caderas (of Panama; Derrengadera de caderas)
• Dourine
• Cachexial fevers (various)
• Gambian horse sickness (of central Africa)
• Baleri (of Sudan)
• Kaodzera (Rhodesian trypanosomiasis)
• Tahaga (a disease of camels in Algeria)
• Galziekte, galzietzke (bilious fever of cattle; gall sickness of South Africa)
• Peste-boba (of Venezuela; Derrengadera)

References

Report on Trypanosomes, Thomas, (London, 1905)

Tropical diseases, Sir Patrick Manson, (fifth edition, London, 1914)

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, C. W. Daniels, (New York, 1914)

The Trypanosomiases, I. Maudlin, P.H. Holmes, M.A. Miles (Wallingford, 2004)