Medical Definition of Acute african sleeping sickness

1. A disease of humans caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in eastern Africa from Ethiopia and Uganda south to Zimbabwe; it is clinically similar to Gambian trypanosomiasis but of shorter duration and more acute in form; patients suffer repeated episodes of pyrexia, become anaemic, and die commonly from cardiac failure. Synonym: acute African sleeping sickness, acute trypanosomiasis, East African sleeping sickness, East African trypanosomiasis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute African Sleeping Sickness

acute-angled triangle
acute-phase protein
acute-phase reaction
acutely
acuteness
acuteness
acutenesses
acuter
acutes
acutest
acute abdomen
acute abscess
acute accent
acute adrenal crisis
acute adrenocortical insufficiency
acute African sleeping sickness
acute alcoholism
acute angle
acute angle
acute angle closure glaucoma
acute anterior poliomyelitis
acute anterior poliomyelitis
acute aortic dissection
acute appendicitis
acute ascending paralysis
acute ataxia
acute atrophic paralysis
acute bacterial endocarditis
acute brachial radiculitis
acute brain disorder

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