See Also: East African trypanosomiasis(medicine)
trypanosomiasis, african(medicine)
African trypanosomiasis(medicine)
African trypanosomiasis(health)
West African trypanosomiasis(medicine)
medicine, african traditional(medicine)
East African Airlines(tourism)
East African Safari Air(tourism)
East African Airlines flights(tourism)
East African sleeping sickness(medicine)

East African trypanosomiasis (medicine)


East African trypanosomiasis -->
Rhodesian trypanosomiasis


A disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Uganda south to Zimbabwe; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anaemic, and die commonly from cardiac failure.

Synonym: acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis, East African sleeping sickness, East African trypanosomiasis.