Sleeping Sickness,African

《英文msh詞典》Sleeping Sickness,African
[入口詞] Sleeping Sickness,African
[主題詞] Trypanosomiasis,African
[英文釋義] A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes,particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the tsetse fly. Involvement of the central nervous system produces African sleeping sickness. Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.