sleeping sickness

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DOID:10112 - sleeping sickness

Disease Ontology Definition:A trypanosomiasis that results from infection by Trypanosoma brucei and gambiense, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly (Glossina spp). The symptoms include fever, headache, joint pain, itching, confusion, sensory disturbances, poor coordination and sleep disturbances.

Synonyms: African sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis,

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Genes associated with this Disease Ontology entry or its descendents or its corresponding OMIM entries

Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee

Parent(s): trypanosomiasis (is_a)