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Sleeping Sickness


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Alternate Names : African Trypanosomiasis

Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis & Tests

A physical examination may show signs of meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the brain and meninges).

Tests include the following:

Blood smear (demonstrates motile trypanosomes in blood)
Lymph node aspiration (demonstrates motile trypanosomes in node material)
CSF (demonstrates motile trypanosomes in cerebrospinal fluid)
Low red blood cell count in blood
Elevated globulin levels
Low albumin levels
Elevated ESR
Antibody and antigen test are not very helpful

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Review Date : 1/3/2003
Reviewed By : Eleftherios Mylonakis, M.D., Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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