- PART 1 Introduction
- PART 2 Bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial zoonoses
- PART 3 Viral zoonoses
- PART 4 Parasitic zoonoses
- Chapter 42 African trypanosomosis
- Chapter 43 American trypanosomosis (Chagas disease)
- Chapter 44 The Leishmanioses
- Chapter 45 <i>Giardia</i> infections
- Chapter 46 Cryptosporidiosis
- Chapter 47 Toxoplasmosis, sarcocystosis, isosporosis, and cyclosporosis
- Chapter 48 Babesiosis and malaria
- Chapter 49 Microsporidiosis
- Chapter 50 Blastocystosis
- Chapter 51 Cysticercosis and taeniosis: Taenia solium, Taenia saginata and Taenia asiatica
- Chapter 52 Other adult and larval cestodes
- Chapter 53 Cystic echinococcosis
- Chapter 54 Alveolar echinococcosis (<i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>)
- Chapter 55 Zoonotic schistosomosis (schistosomiasis)
- Chapter 56 Other non-<i>Fasciola</i> trematode infections
- Chapter 57 Strongyloidosis
- Chapter 58 Capillariosis
- Chapter 59 <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> and Human angiostrongylosis
- Chapter 60 Zoonotic infections with filarial nematodes
- Chapter 61 Trichinellosis
- Chapter 62 Zoonotic hookworm infections
- Chapter 63 Anisakiosis (Anisakidosis)
- Chapter 64 Toxocarosis
- Chapter 65 Trichostrongylidosis
- Chapter 66 Scabies and other mite infections
- Chapter 67 Flea infestations
- Chapter 68 The Myiases
- Chapter 69 Histoplasmosis
- Chapter 70 Zoonotic infections with dermatophyte fungi
- Chapter 71 Occasional, miscellaneous, and opportunistic parasites and fungi
- Chapter 72 Fasciolosis
(p. 487) African trypanosomosis
- Chapter:
- (p. 487) African trypanosomosis
- Author(s):
W. Gibson
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198570028.003.0049
The African trypanosomoses are diseases of both man and his livestock. There are two forms of human trypanosomosis or sleeping sickness: Gambian or Rhodesian sleeping sickness, roughly corresponding to a West, Central or East African distribution respectively. Gambian sleeping sickness runs a more protracted and chronic course than the Rhodesian form; nevertheless, human trypanosomosis is invariably fatal if not treated. Animal reservoir hosts, both wild and domestic, assume greater importance for Rhodesian sleeping sickness than Gambian sleeping sickness, and the former is often an occupational hazard of those visiting or working in wildlife areas, e.g. tourists, hunters. Animal trypanosomosis transmitted by tsetse is generally referred to as Nagana, while the disease transmitted by other bloodsucking flies outside the African tsetse belt is known chiefly as Surra, but also by a variety of local names.
Sleeping sickness control measures are aimed either at the trypanosome or the fly. Human cases are detected by active or passive surveillance and cured by treatment with trypanocidal drugs.Control of the tsetse vector is by application of residual insecticides or bush clearing and, more recently, by traps or insecticide-impregnated targets, or by wholesale release of sterile males. Tsetse control is more widely employed for the control of animal trypanosomosis than sleeping sickness.
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- PART 1 Introduction
- PART 2 Bacterial, chlamydial, and rickettsial zoonoses
- PART 3 Viral zoonoses
- PART 4 Parasitic zoonoses
- Chapter 42 African trypanosomosis
- Chapter 43 American trypanosomosis (Chagas disease)
- Chapter 44 The Leishmanioses
- Chapter 45 <i>Giardia</i> infections
- Chapter 46 Cryptosporidiosis
- Chapter 47 Toxoplasmosis, sarcocystosis, isosporosis, and cyclosporosis
- Chapter 48 Babesiosis and malaria
- Chapter 49 Microsporidiosis
- Chapter 50 Blastocystosis
- Chapter 51 Cysticercosis and taeniosis: Taenia solium, Taenia saginata and Taenia asiatica
- Chapter 52 Other adult and larval cestodes
- Chapter 53 Cystic echinococcosis
- Chapter 54 Alveolar echinococcosis (<i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>)
- Chapter 55 Zoonotic schistosomosis (schistosomiasis)
- Chapter 56 Other non-<i>Fasciola</i> trematode infections
- Chapter 57 Strongyloidosis
- Chapter 58 Capillariosis
- Chapter 59 <i>Angiostrongylus cantonensis</i> and Human angiostrongylosis
- Chapter 60 Zoonotic infections with filarial nematodes
- Chapter 61 Trichinellosis
- Chapter 62 Zoonotic hookworm infections
- Chapter 63 Anisakiosis (Anisakidosis)
- Chapter 64 Toxocarosis
- Chapter 65 Trichostrongylidosis
- Chapter 66 Scabies and other mite infections
- Chapter 67 Flea infestations
- Chapter 68 The Myiases
- Chapter 69 Histoplasmosis
- Chapter 70 Zoonotic infections with dermatophyte fungi
- Chapter 71 Occasional, miscellaneous, and opportunistic parasites and fungi
- Chapter 72 Fasciolosis