Gam·bi·an trypanosomiasis (g m b - n)n. An African trypanosomiasis characterized by erythematous patches and local edemas, cramps, tremors, and paresthesia, enlargement of the lymph glands, spleen, and liver, emaciation, and, in later stages, lethargy, coma, and death. Also called chronic sleeping sickness, chronic trypanosomiasis. |
Gambian trypanosomiasis
[gam′bē·ən]
a usually chronic form of African trypanosomiasis, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. An infected individual may have relatively mild symptoms for months or years before developing the neurologic symptoms of the terminal stage. Also called Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, West African sleeping sickness. Compare Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. See also African trypanosomiasis.
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