T. brucei causes African sleeping sickness with symptoms of recurring fever, somnolence, and coma. T. cruzi causes Chagas disease, with findings like dilated cardiomyopathy, megaesophagus, and megacolon.
T. brucei causa la enfermedad del sueño africano, con síntomas como fiebre recurrente, somnolencia y coma. T. cruzi causa la enfermedad de Chagas, con hallazgos como cardiomiopatía dilatada, megaesófago y megacolon.
| Text | T.brucei → African sleeping sickness::disease ↓ recurring fever::symptom somnolence::finding coma::finding T.cruzi → Chagas disease::disease ↓ dilated cardiomyopathy::CVS finding megaesophagus::GIT finding megacolon::GIT finding |
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