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Is Human African Trypanosomiasis or African Sleeping Sickness viral or bacterial?
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∙ 13y ago
I believe its Protozoa Parasitic .
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Trypanosomiasis is also known as?
African sleeping sickness
Transmitted by the tsetse fly by what name is African trypanosomiasis also known?
Sleeping sickness
What are some diseases with a living pathogen in the environment?
Tuberculosis, Elephantiasis, African trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
Trypanosomiasis is also known as what?
Trypanosomiasis is commonly known as African Sleeping Sickness, but the term trypanosomiasis is also applied to Chagas Disease. Both diseases are caused by a protozoan of the family Trypanosoma.
What is the scientific name for African Sleeping Sickness?
Sleeping sickness is also known as trypanosomiasis or African sleeping sickness. It's caused by a small parasite that leads to a serious infection in the brain and the meninges (the covering of the brain and spinal cord). African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei parasites in sub-Saharan Africa and is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina).African trypanosomiasis is caused by two species of Trypanosoma brucei: Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (West African) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (East African). Both species of Trypanosoma are transmitted from human to human through the bite of the tsetse fly (Glossina) which is only found in rural parts of Africa. However, trypanosomes can also be transmitted from mother to child as the parasite can cross the placenta in the blood and infect the baby while it is still in the uterus.Once the brain is affected it results in changes in behavior, confusion, poor coordination, difficulties with speech and disturbance of sleep (sleeping through the day and insomnia at night), hence the term ‘sleeping sickness’.Without treatment, African trypanosomiasis is fatal.Four drugs are registered for treating African trypanosomiasis and are administered free of charge to countries where the disease is a problem. Pentamidine, Suramin, Melarsoprol, and Eflornithine.
Which insect carries sleeping sickness to cattle and human?
The tsetse fly is the primary carrier of Trypanosoma brucei. T. brucei are a parasitic, single flagella protozoa that causes African trypanosomiasis(sleeping sickness) in humans and Nagana (animal African trypanosomiasis). T. brucei produces the chemical Tryptophol during the neurological phase of the disease that induces sleep.
What does the tsetse fly transmit?
African Trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Disease)
What insect carries the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness?
Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness, African lethargy or Congo Trypanosomiasis are all names for the same disease of people and animals which is caused by a parasitic protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by the bite of the Tsetse Fly.
What is the type of pathogens for trypanosomiasis?
The type of protozoa causing sleeping sickness in humans is referred to as the Trypanasoma brucei complex, which can be divided further into Rhodesian (Central and East African) and Gambian (Central and West African) subspecies.
How dangerous is the tsetse fly?
The tsetse fly is extremely dangerous because it transmits diseases. It transmits African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness. About 30,000 people in Africa are currently infected by sleeping sickness.
What organisim transmits African sleeping sickness?
Sleeping Sickness is transmitted by the Tse-tse fly.
How can you diagnose the African sleeping sickness?
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