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Symptoms of Trypanosomiasis (AKA "African Sleeping Sickness")
Characterized by a large indurated lesion at the site of the tsetse fly bite
Parasitemia, hemolymphatic involvement, and eventually invasion of the central nervous system occur
East African infection is more acute with early involvement of the central nervous system (after 3-4 weeks of being bitten)
West African infection progresses more slowly over months to years as it adapts to the host
Central nervous system invasion manifests as severe headache and somnolence progressing to coma
Changes in behavior, psychosis, tremors, ataxia, and neuroendocrine disorders
Sometimes focal neurologic findings or seizures are seen
Trypanosomes in the bloodstream evade detection by the immune system by changing the antigen structure of glycoprotein coat periodically
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