Sleeping sickness ppt

1. SLEEPING SICKNESS
By: Alba Plana

2. TSE-TSE
 Kingdom:
Animalia
 Phylum:
Arthropoda
 Class: Insecta
 Order: Diptera
 Subsection:
Calyptratae
 Superfamily:
Hippoboscoidea
 Family:
Glossinidae
 Genus: Glossina
It is the VECTOR

3. KEY FACTS
 Sleeping sickness occurs only in 36 sub-Saharan Africa countries
where there are tsetse flies that transmit the disease.
 The most exposed people to the tsetse fly and therefore to the
disease live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, fishing,
animal husbandry or hunting.
 The diagnosis and treatment are complex and require the help
of specialized staff.

4. M
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5. SLEEPING SICKNESS
Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping
sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease. It is caused by
infection with protozoan parasites belonging to the genus
Trypanosom. They are transmitted to humans by tsetse fly
bites which have acquired their infection from human beings
or from animals harbouring the human pathogenic parasites.