obsolete Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense infectious disease

A sleeping sickness that involves infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which is carried by the tsetse fly. The symptoms include fever, severe headache, irritability, extreme fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, aching muscles and joints, skin rash, pro

A sleeping sickness that involves infection caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which is carried by the tsetse fly. The symptoms include fever, severe headache, irritability, extreme fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, aching muscles and joints, skin rash, progressive confusion, personality changes, and other neurologic problems.

Also known as: East African trypanosomiasis; Rhodesian sleeping sickness; Rhodesian trypanosomiasis; trypanosoma rhodesiense infectious disease