Biomaterial Database

[African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)]. 1998

V V Tarasov

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007303	Insect Vectors	Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.	Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014345	Trypanosoma	A genus of flagellate protozoans found in the BLOOD and LYMPH of vertebrates and invertebrates, both hosts being required to complete the life cycle.	Nannomonas,Trypanosomes,Nannomona,Trypanosome
D014353	Trypanosomiasis, African	A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces "African sleeping sickness." Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.	African Sleeping Sickness,Nagana,African Trypanosomiasis,African Sleeping Sicknesses,African Trypanosomiases,Sickness, African Sleeping,Sicknesses, African Sleeping,Sleeping Sickness, African,Sleeping Sicknesses, African,Trypanosomiases, African
D014370	Tsetse Flies	Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes.	Glossina,Flies, Tsetse,Fly, Tsetse,Glossinas,Tsetse Fly