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    African trypanosomiasis, also known as African sleeping sickness or simply sleeping sickness, is an insect-borne parasitic infection of humans and other...
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    humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. A number of other diseases occur in other animals. African trypanosomiasis, which is caused...
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    Animal trypanosomiasis, also known as nagana and nagana pest, or sleeping sickness, is a disease of vertebrates. The disease is caused by trypanosomes...
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    be answered. Early planning by the WHO for the eradication of African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is underway as the rate of reported...
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    Tsetse fly (category Diptera of Africa)
    tsetse-transmitted trypanosome species cause trypanosomiasis, an infectious disease. In humans, tsetse transmitted trypanosomiasis is called sleeping sickness. In...
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    Trypanosoma brucei (category African trypanosomiasis)
    causes deadly vector-borne diseases: African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness in humans, and animal trypanosomiasis or nagana in cattle and horses. It...
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    Melarsoprol (category Health in Africa)
    arsenic-containing medication used for the treatment of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis). It is specifically used for second-stage disease caused by Trypanosoma...
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    brand name Vaniqa among others, is a medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and excessive hair growth on the face in women...
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    infected. African trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness) is a somewhat rare protozoal disease, with fewer than 10,000 cases currently. Human African trypanosomiasis...
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  • with chloroquine. For the treatment of 1st and 2nd stage human African trypanosomiasis due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection. To be used for the...
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