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ID DOID:10112
Name sleeping sickness
Definition A trypanosomiasis that results from infection by Trypanosoma brucei and gambiense, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly (Glossina spp). The symptoms include fever, headache, joint pain, itching, confusion, sensory disturbances, poor coordination and sleep disturbances.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_trypanosomiasis, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001362.htm, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/
Xrefs

GARD:7826

ICD10CM:B56

ICD9CM:086.5

KEGG:05143

MESH:D014353

NCI:C84541

ORDO:3385

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:27031003

UMLS_CUI:C0041228

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

DO_rare_slim

NCIthesaurus

zoonotic_infectious_disease

Synonyms

African sleeping sickness [EXACT]

African trypanosomiasis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a trypanosomiasis

Subclass Logical Relationships

has symptom some sleep disturbance

has symptom some ataxia

has symptom some confusion

has symptom some sensory disturbance

has symptom some itching

has symptom some joint pain

has symptom some headache

has symptom some fever

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