American Trypanosomiasis

Japanese: アメリカトリパノソーマ症 - あめりかとりぱのそーましょう
American Trypanosomiasis

...African sleeping sickness is transmitted by tsetse flies, which suck the blood of trypanosomiasis-infected animals (lions, hyenas, cattle, etc.) and ingest the trypanosomes, which then infect humans. Trypanosoma cruzi is the pathogen of American trypanosomiasis (also called Chagas' disease after its discoverer) found in South and Central America. The vector is an insect of the Triatomine family, and the animals that carry the pathogen are armadillos, dogs, cats, bats, etc. [Kawaguchi Hiroaki]. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "American trypanosomiasis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アフリカ睡眠病はツェツェバエによって媒介され,トリパノソーマ感染動物(ライオン,ハイエナ,ウシなど)をツェツェバエが吸血してトリパノソーマを取り込み,次いでヒトを感染させる。トリパノソーマ・クルジT.cruziは,南アメリカ,中央アメリカにみられるアメリカトリパノソーマ症(発見者にちなんでシャガス病Chagas’ diseaseとも呼ばれる)の病原体で,媒介動物はサシガメ科の昆虫であり,病原体保有動物はアルマジロ,イヌ,ネコ,コウモリなどである。【川口 啓明】。…

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