ICD-11 code : 1F51.0;
Preferred Label : Gambiense trypanosomiasis;
ICD-11 definition : A disease caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
This disease is characterized by fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, or malaise.
This disease may also present with lymphadenopathy, weight loss, or neurological deficits.
Transmission is through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. Confirmation is by identification
of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in a biopsy of the lymph node.;
ICD-11 synonym : chronic sleeping sickness; Gambian sleeping sickness; Gambian trypanosomiasis; Gambian fever; mid-African sleeping sickness; trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis; West African trypanosomiasis.; Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; infection by trypanosoma gambiense; West African sleeping sickness;
ICD-11 inclusion : West African sleeping sickness; Infection due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense;
ICD-11 "other" category code : 1F51.0Y;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : 1F51.0Z;
Origin ID : 1671640403;
UMLS CUI : C0041232;
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A disease caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.
This disease is characterized by fever, headache, muscle and joint aches, or malaise.
This disease may also present with lymphadenopathy, weight loss, or neurological deficits.
Transmission is through the bite of an infected tsetse fly. Confirmation is by identification
of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in a biopsy of the lymph node.
