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trypanosomiasis

Etiology: - Trypanosoma brucei - Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease) - Trypanosoma rangeli Epidemiology: - sub-Saharan Africa (Trypanosoma brucei) - Latin America (Trypanosoma cruzi)

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Trypanosoma

Specific

Chagas disease

General

protozoan infection

References

  1. Wikipedia: Trypanosomiasis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypanosomiasis
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Parasites - African Trypanosomiasis (also known as Sleeping Sickness). http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/
  3. World Health Organization Trypanosomiasis, African http://www.who.int/topics/trypanosomiasis_african/en/ - Trypanosomiasis, human African (sleeping sickness) http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/
  4. Odero RO and Cunha BA Medscape: African Trypanosomiasis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228613-overview