Eliminating The Scourge Of Nagana/Sleeping Sickness Complex For Improved Animal Productivity And Public Health:- Arunsi, Ukairo K.

ABSTRACT

The Trypanosomiases comprise complex diseases of man, domestic animals, e and fauna and caused by flagellate haemoprotozoan parasite of the g nus Trypanosoma. American trypanosomiasis occurs mainly in South and Central America and the Southernmost part of USA where the human infection Chagas disease) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by the ntamination of the faeces of triatomid (assassin) bugs while the disease in animals originated from T. v/vax, T. americana and T. evansi - transmi -ed mechanically by bitting flies. The African trypanosomiases (AT) comprise of > , 'can trypanosomiasis (HAT) and African Animal trypanosomia is ) he infections in man, termed Sleeping Sickness (SS) is caused by T. i rhodesiense in East and Southern Africa and T. brucei gambiense in West and Central Africa.