A telltale symptom of this disease consists of swollen lymph nodes at the back of the neck, a condition known as Winterbottom's sign.
A telltale symptom of this disease consists of swollen lymph nodes at the back of the neck, a condition known as Winterbottom's sign. Pentamidine, eflorithine, and especially suramin are used to combat this disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Death from toxemia is usually the result of the more severe Rhodesian type, whereas the Gambian type causes chorea, spastic paralysis, a weary, shuffling gate, and the namesake occurrence when walking or eating meals. For ten points, name this disease transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly.
A telltale symptom of this disease consists of swollen lymph nodes at the back of the neck, a condition known as Winterbottom's sign.
{Sleeping sickness} or {African trypanosomiasis}