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trypanosomiasis

trypanosomiasis

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A disease caused by tiny parasites that biting insects spread to people or animals in tropical areas
  • noun
  • /ˌtraɪpəˌnoʊsəˈmaɪəsɪs/
  • Specialized
: tripanosomiasis
  • A concern must be that some major causes of illness and death, such as visceral leishmaniasis and African human trypanosomiasis, remain overshadowed and unaddressed.
  • human trypanosomiasis
  • African trypanosomiasis

Examples

  • At Panama's national laboratories, assays have been developed for leishmaniasis (Williams et al. 2003), trypanosomiasis, and malaria, with a dengue assay under study.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Every head received an injection against trypanosomiasis and was marked by special ear clippers.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Broader concerns about agricultural production in Africa are related to lands that could be used for cattle production if trypanosomiasis were not a threat.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Particularly important were major public health campaigns in certain colonies against human trypanosomiasis, venereal disease, and malaria.

    Academic text (1993)
  • American trypanosomiasis or Chagas' disease is a chronic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Landes focuses on tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis and recites the old colonial-era falsehoods about this disease in Africa.

    Academic text (1999)
  • More geographically restricted were infectious rickettsial fevers, and American leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis, both caused by parasitic protozoans.

    Academic text (1992)
  • In these thickets, tsetse flies would thrive—and tsetse flies are responsible for sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasis.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The first trials using radiation-induced sterility were conducted in the 1970s by the Tsese and Trypanosomiasis Research Institute (TTRI) in Tanga on the Tanzanian mainland in cooperation with the United States Agency for International Development.

    Academic text (1998)
  • African trypanosomiasis is often transmitted through the bite of an infected tsetse fly.

Surface Forms

Morphology

trypanosomiasis = trypanosome (transparent) = trypanosom + iasis

Regular medical formation: the combining form 'trypanosom-' (from the parasite name) plus the disease-forming suffix '-iasis' produces 'disease caused by trypanosomes'.

Etymology

Trypanosomiasis comes from Greek parts: trypano- meaning 'borer', soma meaning 'body', and -iasis meaning 'disease'. So the name means a 'borer in the body', which helps you remember it is a disease caused by tiny parasites that attack the body.