Trypanosomiasis, human African (sleeping sickness)
2023年5月2日 · Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease. It is caused by protozoans of the genus Trypanosoma, transmitted to humans by bites of tsetse flies (glossina) which have acquired the parasites from infected humans or animals. Tsetse flies inhabit sub-Saharan Africa and only certain species ...
Trypanosomiasis, African | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
2024年11月1日 · Trypanosomiasis, African. Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a widespread tropical disease that can be fatal if not treated. It is spread by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and is characterized by bouts of fever, swollen lymph glands, aching muscles and joints, headaches and itching. In advanced stages, sleeping sickness ...
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
2024年6月20日 · Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is caused by trypanosome parasites that are transmitted by tsetse flies. HAT is found only in sub-Saharan Africa. Two subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei cause disease: T. b. gambiense in West and Central Africa, and T. b. rhodesiense in East Africa. This life-threatening disease mostly ...
Neglected tropical diseases: Sleeping sickness (human African ...
2020年7月7日 · Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of the Glossina, commonly known as the tsetse fly. The disease mostly affects poor populations living in remote rural areas of Africa. Untreated, it is usually fatal. Travellers also risk becoming infected if they venture through regions where the …
非洲人类锥虫病（昏睡病） - World Health Organization (WHO)
非洲人类锥虫病也称为昏睡病，是一种媒介传播的寄生虫病，由锥虫属的原生动物引起，通过采采蝇（舌蝇属）的叮咬传播给人类，采采蝇从受感染的人或动物身上获得寄生虫。. 采采蝇生活在撒哈拉以南非洲地区，但其中只有某些种类传播这种疾病。. 依赖农业 ...
Guidelines for the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis
2024年6月28日 · Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a parasitic infection that is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa and is almost invariably fatal unless treated. The infection is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. The parasite multiplies in the lymph and blood, causing unspecific symptoms and signs (first ...
WHO publishes new guidelines for the treatment of sleeping …
2019年8月8日 · Updated guidelines are now available to facilitate the treatment of people affected by the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis – also known as sleeping sickness. The new guidelines follow the recent approval of an oral medicine, fexinidazole. Meanwhile, new cases continue to decline reaching historically low levels. There were 977 reported cases of …
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. The disease is vector-borne; parasites enter the body through the bites of tsetse flies (Glossina spp). Without prompt diagnosis and treatment, the disease is usually fatal: the parasites multiply in the body ...
Towards the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis by 2030
2024年2月23日 · After three days of intense and constructive exchanges, the Annual Coordination Meeting of the Endemic Countries of Human African Trypanosomiasis to Gambia (HHA) ended today in Libreville. This meeting, which brought together some forty participants from 21 endemic countries, including national programme managers and coordinators, with …
Sleeping sickness: prioritizing case detection and treatment to …
2022年1月2日 · As cases of human African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) hit their lowest levels in 2020, countries are being asked to maintain their efforts to end what was once the cause of widespread misery.