Directory of African Trypanosomiasis Resources

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Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma, which are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.).

Resources in This Category

• CDC: Trypanosomiasis

  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/sleepingsickness/
  Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• eMedicine - African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)

  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228613-overview
  Article by Kitonga P Kiminyo, MD.

• Medical Ecology: African Trypanosomiasis

  http://www.medicalecology.org/diseases/d_african_trypano.htm
  Chapter from a book on parasitic diseases with detailed information on the vector, the human disease and its prevention through control of tsetse flies.

• MicrobeWiki: Trypanosoma

  http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Trypanosoma
  Classification, description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.

• Parasites & Vectors: The History of African Trypanosomiasis

  http://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-1-3
  Article by Dietmar Steverding summarising the history of this disease from prehistory to current developments, including the factors that determine its control, emergence and spread.

• Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)

  http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/paat/home.html
  Combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis problem. Includes disease information and maps.

• The Development of Drugs for Treatment of Sleeping Sickness: A Historical Review

  http://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-3305-3-15
  Article by Dietmar Steverding outlining the development of anti-sleeping sickness drugs from the discovery of the first bioactive lead compounds to the identification of more modern chemotherapeutic agents.

• WHO: African Trypanosomiasis

  http://www.who.int/tdr/diseases-topics/african-trypanosomiasis/en/
  Detailed information from the World Health Organization.

• World Health Organization: African Trypanosomiasis

  http://www.who.int/topics/trypanosomiasis_african/en/
  Fact sheets, research progress, and information about WHO efforts to control this deadly sleeping sickness, which is transmitted to humans by tsetse flies.

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