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DictionarySeeAfrican sleeping sicknessRhodesian trypanosomiasis
Rhodesian trypanosomiasis[rō′dē·zhən trə‚pan·ə·sō′mī·ə·səs] (medicine) A fulminating form of African sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma rhodesiense, transmitted by the tsetse fly, and characterized by parasitemia, edema, lymphadenitis, and myocarditis. Also known as East African sleeping sickness. Rhodesian trypanosomiasis
Rho·de·sian try·pan·o·so·mi·a·sisa disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Uganda south to Zimbabwe; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anemic, and frequently die from cardiac failure. Synonym(s): acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis, East African sleeping sickness, East African trypanosomiasisRho·de·sian try·pan·o·so·mi·a·sis (rō-dē'zhŭn trī-pan'ō-sŏ-mī'ă-sis) A disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in East Africa; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anemic, and commonly die from cardiac failure. Synonym(s): acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis. ThesaurusSeesleeping sickness |