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Differentiate between African sleeping sickness andChagas disease—vector, symptoms, geographic area affected, whattype of patient sample would be needed to diagnose thisinfection?


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DIFFERENTIATION AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS CHAGAS DISEASE
VECTOR The Tsetse Fly

Triatomine Bugs (Kissing Bugs)
SYMPTOMS

HAEMOLYTIC PHASE:

Swelling of skin;Enlargement neck lymph nodes;headaches;fever;joints pain;itching

NEUROLOGICAL PHASE:

Behaviour changes,confusion,sleeping sickness

ACUTE PHASE:

Infected site infammation;fever;fatigue;rashes;body pains;head aches;loss of appetite;swelling in eyelid

CHRONIC PHASE:

Heart functional disorders: irregular hertbeat,cardiac arrest

abdomial pain;difficulty in swallowing
GEOGRAPHIC AREA AFFECTED

Central Africa

West Africa

Rarely in Eastern Africa

Central America

South America

Mexico
TYPE OF SAMPLE FOR DIAGNOSIS

Microscopic examination of parasite in Body fluids or tissues.

Blood sample (Serology): Identification of antibodies

Microscopic examination of parasite in Body fluids or tissues.

Blood sample (Serology): Identification of antibodies
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