Trypanosomiasis is the name of the diseases caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus trypanosoma in vertebrates. The medically correct term for the disease is trypanosomosis but 'trypanosomiasis' is widely used. More than 66 million women, men, and children in 36 countries of sub- Saharan Africa suffer from human African trypanosomiasis. There are two forms of African sleeping sickness, caused by two different parasites:

• Trypanosomiasoma brucei gambiense
• Trypanosomiasoma brucei rhodesiense

Human trypanosomiases

• Human African trypanosomiasis, see Sleeping sickness
• Human American trypanosomiasis, see Chagas disease

Animal trypanosomiases

• Nagana, or Animal African trypanosomiasis, also called 'Souma' or 'Soumaya' in Sudan.
• Surra
• Mal de caderas (of central South America)
• Murrina de caderas (of Panama; Derrengadera de caderas)
• Dourine
• Cachexial fevers (various)
• Gambian horse sickness (of central Africa)
• Baleri (of Sudan)
• Kaodzera (Rhodesian trypanosomiasis)
• Tahaga (a disease of camels in Algeria)
• Galziekte, galzietzke (bilious fever of cattle; gall sickness of South Africa)
• Peste-boba (of Venezuela; Derrengadera)

References

Report on Trypanosomes, Thomas, (London, 1905)

Tropical diseases, Sir Patrick Manson, (fifth edition, London, 1914)

Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, C. W. Daniels, (New York, 1914)

The Trypanosomiases, I. Maudlin, P.H. Holmes, M.A. Miles (Wallingford, 2004)

Parasitic diseases

Trypanosomiasis | Trypanosomiase