Disease or Syndrome
trypanosomiasis Audio
try·pan·o·so·mi·a·sis [ trih-pan-uh-soh-mahy-uh-sis, trip-uh-nuh- ]
Subclass of:
Euglenozoa Infections
Definitions related to trypanosomiasis:
  • Infection with protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma causes diseases including African Sleeping Sickness and Chaga's disease in humans, and nagana and surra in animals.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • American trypanosomiasis, also known as Chagas disease, affects millions of people throughout the Americas. Carlos Chagas first described this disease in 1911 when he discovered the parasite in the blood of a Brazilian child with fever, lymphadenopathy, and anemia.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2019
  • Trypanosomiasis, infectious disease in both humans and animals caused by certain members of the flagellate protozoa genus Trypanosoma and spread by certain bloodsucking insects. The genus Trypanosoma belongs to the family Trypanosomatidae, which is in the order Kinetoplastida. The life cycle of...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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