obsolete Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infectious disease

A sleeping sickness that involves infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is carried by the tsetse fly. The symptoms include fever, rash, swelling of the face and hands, headaches, fatigue, aching muscles and joints, itching skin, swollen lymph

A sleeping sickness that involves infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is carried by the tsetse fly. The symptoms include fever, rash, swelling of the face and hands, headaches, fatigue, aching muscles and joints, itching skin, swollen lymph nodes, progressive confusion, personality changes, daytime sleepiness with nighttime sleep disturbances, and other neurologic problems.

Also known as: Gambian Trypanosomiasis; Gambian sleeping sickness; West African trypanosomiasis