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trypanosomiasis - HighBeam Encyclopedia (409 words) |
 | trypanosomiasis, infectious disease caused by a protozoan organism, the trypanosome, which exists as a parasite in the blood of a number of vertebrate hosts. |
| South American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease, is caused by T. |
| African trypanosomiasis is treated with suramin sodium and other drugs, which are most effective when injected in early stages of the disease. |
| EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHAGAS DISEASE (2272 words) |
| American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) is a protozoan infection caused by the flagellate Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi, widespread in the American Continent chiefly among small wild mammals (enzootic sylvatic cycle). |
| Classically considered as a typical rural disease of Latin America, a new trend is modifying the spectrum of human American Trypanosomiasis in all the Continent: that of urbanization. |
| But unlike other parasitic diseases, American Trypanosomiasis can also be controlled by three different and complementary strategies: a) the systematic elimination of domestic vector populations (chiefly by using insecticides of long residual action; b) housing improvement, and c) the control of transfusional Chagas disease. |
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