African trypanosomiasis
parasitic disease
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Summary
African trypanosomiasis is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,040 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: trypanosomiasis[3], neglected tropical disease[4], endemic disease[5], vector-borne disease[6], infectious disease[7]
- Commons category: African trypanosomiasis[8]
- Symptoms and signs: Winterbottom's sign[9], periodic fever[10], headache[11], malaise[12], anemia[13], arthralgia[14], sleep disorder[15], dizziness[16], primary affect[17], tachycardia[18], swelling[19], cachexia[20], sopor[21]
- Has cause: Trypanosoma brucei[22], Trypanosoma brucei gambiense[23], Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense[24]
- Medical examination: physical examination[25], lumbar puncture[26], optical microscope[27], agglutination[28]
- Disease transmission process: vector-borne transmission[29]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31]
- Has natural reservoir: Tsetse fly[32]
- ICD-9-CM: 086.5[33]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84541[34]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[35], parasitology[36]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: (RS)-eflornithine[37], nifurtimox[38], suramin[39], pentamidine[40], melarsoprol[41]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10112[42], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10112[43]
- Maximal incubation period in humans: 22 day[44]
- Minimal incubation period in humans: 7 day[45]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[46]
Why It Matters
African trypanosomiasis has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]