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Infection by Trypanosoma gambiense

MedGen UID:: 11933
•Concept ID:: C0041232
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:	Chronic sleeping sickness; chronic sleeping sickness; Gambian sleeping sickness; Gambian trypanosomiasis; Gambian Trypanosomiasis; Gambiense trypanosomiasis infection; infection by Trypanosoma gambiense; Infection caused by Trypanosoma gambiense
SNOMED CT:	Infection by Trypanosoma gambiense (75809006); Gambian trypanosomiasis (75809006); Gambian sleeping sickness (75809006); Chronic sleeping sickness (75809006); Gambiense trypanosomiasis infection (75809006); Infection caused by Trypanosoma gambiense (75809006)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0021932

Definition

Trypanosomiasis caused by infection by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. [from NCI]

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GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVInfection by Trypanosoma gambiense

Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
- Pathological process
  - Disease Attributes
    - Infectious disease
      - Tropical Disease
        Infection by Trypanosoma gambiense

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Molecular changes in Trypanosoma evansi after treatment against trypanosomosis.

Barghash SM
Ann Parasitol 2020;66(2):165-174. doi: 10.17420/ap6602.251. PMID: 32592455

Fexinidazole for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis.

Fairlamb AH
Drugs Today (Barc) 2019 Nov;55(11):705-712. doi: 10.1358/dot.2019.55.11.3068795. PMID: 31840685

Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

Kennedy PG
Lancet Neurol 2013 Feb;12(2):186-94. Epub 2012 Dec 21 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70296-X. PMID: 23260189

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