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. More than 66 million women, men, and children in 36 countries of sub- Saharan Africa suffer from human African trypanosomiasis. There are two forms of African sleeping sickness, caused by two different parasites:

Trypanosomiasoma brucei gambiense
Trypanosomiasoma brucei rhodesiense

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)

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