Trypanosoma brucei

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• Synonyms

  • African trypanosomiasis
  • Sleeping sickness

• Causes

  • Tsetse fly bite

• Effects

  • Splenic response to infection
  • Generalised lymphadenopathy
  • Pruritus
  • Giemsa stain positive

• Parents

  • Protozoan infection

• Children

  • Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
  • Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

• Description

  • "Rx Melarsoprol
  • Suramin"