The solved African Trypanosomiasis crossword puzzle is posted below. Thanks to all the kind positive responses. As always, please do make sure to pass these along if you wish to use as educational tools or as fun-to-do brain exercises and reviews.
Across
2) Bug vector of chagas disease [RADUVID]
6) Both African Sleeping Sickness organism on the peripheral smear are virtually indistinguishable [INDISTINGUISHABLE]
9) Central nervous system infections will have this positive sign [KERNIGS]
10) Inflammation of the brain and surrounding tissues … [MENINGOENCEPHALITIS]
11) One of the reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense are African … [ANTELOPES]
13) The bite of a Tsetse fly is both itchy and … [PAINFUL]
14) This stain is used for the detection of most blood parasites including Trypanosoma brucei. [*GIEMSA] * please note correction in spelling but no affect on puzzle 🙂
15) Less aggressive subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei [GAMBIENSE]
16) More aggressive subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei [RHODESIENSE]
18) T. brucei stage where the organisms can be found in the lymphatics and peripheral blood [HEMOLYMPHATIC]
20) Joint pain [ARTHRALGIA]
22) In advanced cases African trypanosomiasis can be detected by testing for the presence of trypanosomes in the [CSF]
23) Initial bites of the Tsetse fly will produce skin lesions or the development of a bite … [CHANCRE]
24) Both of these are important in providing suspicion of and diagnosis of African sleeping sickness, clinical presentation and travel …. [HISTORY]
27) In the central nervous system the organism will target organs in the brain [CIRCUMVENTRICULAR]
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1) Reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are humans and [PRIMATES]
3) This type of rapid assay is useful in ruling at malaria infections [IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC]
4) Trypanosomes induce inflammatory responses of hypothalamic structures that lead to dysfunctions in the circadian-….. [TIMING]
5) European Medicines Agency adopted a positive opinion on the use of this compound for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense [FEXINIDAZOLE]
7) There are this many stages used to describe African Sleeping Sickness [THREE]
8) Melarsopol is derived from [ARSENIC]
9) You can easily distinguish Trypanosoma brucei from Trypanosoma cruzi by the size of their …. [KINETOPLAST]
12) Winter Bottom’s Sign in African Sleeping Sickness is the development of posterior cervical … [LYMPHADENOPATHY]
17) Fexinidazole is administered … [ORALLY]
19) Sleeping sickness due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense occurs mostly in Africa [EAST]
21) Trypanosoma cruzi is endemic in south …. [AMERICA]
23) This species of Trypanosoma is the cause of chagas disease … [CRUZI]
25) Fly vector of African Sleeping Sickness [TSETSE]
26) Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is the cause of African Sleeping Sickness. [WEST]