African Trypanosomiasis

Preferred Label : African Trypanosomiasis;

NCIt related terms : Sleeping Sickness;

NCIt definition : A parasitic disorder caused by protozoa of the Trypanosoma brucei species. It is transmitted by flies and is endemic in various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Signs and symptoms include fever, joint pain, headache, and significant swelling of the lymph nodes. If left untreated, the parasitic infection causes anemia, heart, kidney, and endocrine failure, and neurologic damage. Subsequently patients develop confusion, disruption of the sleep cycle, and mental deterioration. The infection may lead to coma and death.;

Alternative definition : NICHD: A protozoan infection that is caused by Trypanosoma brucei, which is transmitted by tsetse flies; it is characterized by fever, joint pain, headache, and lymphadenopathy, and it may progress to multi-organ involvement.;

Details

Origin ID

C84541;

UMLS CUI

C0041228;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Rare sleep disorder [ORDO Disease]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- African sickness [PASCAL descriptor]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-10 category]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-11 Category]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-10 category (who)]
- African trypanosomiasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- African trypanosomiasis [ORDO Disease]
- African trypanosomiasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Sleeping sickness [MedDRA LLT]
- Trypanosomiasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Trypanosomiasis, African [DeCS]
- african trypanosomiasis [Disease (Nov.)]
- african trypanosomiasis [SNOMED Notion]
- sleeping sickness [DO Concept]
- trypanosomiasis, african [MeSH Descriptor]
- trypanosomiasis, african [MeSH concept]
DO Cross reference
- sleeping sickness [DO Concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- African trypanosomiasis [ORDO Disease]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-10 category]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-11 Category]
- African trypanosomiasis [ICD-10 category (who)]
- African trypanosomiasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- African trypanosomiasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [MedDRA LLT]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [ICD-9 code]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- African trypanosomiasis, unspecified [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Sleeping sickness [MedDRA LLT]
- Trypanosomiasis, African [DeCS]
- african trypanosomiasis [Disease (Nov.)]
- african trypanosomiasis [SNOMED Notion]
- sleeping sickness [DO Concept]
- trypanosomiasis, african [MeSH Descriptor]
- trypanosomiasis, african [MeSH concept]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- trypanosomiasis [Disease (Nov.)]
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- CPTAC Codelists Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Medical Conditions Codelist [NCIt concept]
- CPTAC Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NICHD Terminology [NCIt concept]
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Terminology [NCIt concept]

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