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trypanosomiasis |
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trypanosomiasisAny of several debilitating long-term diseases caused by a trypanosome (protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma). They include sleeping sickness in Africa, transmitted by the bites of tsetse flies, and Chagas's disease in Central and South America, spread by assassin bugs. Trypanosomes can live in the bloodstream of humans and other vertebrates. Millions of people are affected in warmer regions of the world; the diseases also affect cattle, horses, and wild animals, which form a reservoir of infection. |
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Chagas is really American trypanosomiasis and also known as
kissing-bug disease. Carl Franzblau, president of Hemagen, said that Chagas, also
known as American trypanosomiasis, is an insect-borne parasitic disease
which also can be transmitted by standard blood transfusion. Participants also discussed current trends and challenges of
protozoan parasitic zoonoses, including cryptosporidiosis,
toxoplasmosis, African and Latin American trypanosomiasis, and
leishmaniasis. |
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