Glossina Health Dictionary

A disease caused by haemoflagellate protozoa and transmitted by blood-feeding tsetse flies of the genus Glossina. East African (Rhodesian) Sleeping Sickness is the more severe zoonotic form caused byTrypanosoma brucei rhodesiense found on the game-rich savannahs of East Central Africa while West African (Gambian) Sleeping Sickness is the more chronic form found in riverine areas of West Central Africa and which has a significant human reservoir although animals such as pigs may also be involved as reservoirs.... sleeping sickness

A biting fly found in Africa, genus Glossina, which may transmit sleeping sickness.... tsetse

An African ?y of the genus Glossina. One or more of these is responsible for carrying the trypanosome which causes SLEEPING SICKNESS and thus spreads the disease among cattle and from cattle to humans.... tsetse fly