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nagana

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na·ga·na also n'ga·na  (n-gän)
n.
An often fatal disease of African ungulates caused by various species of trypanosomes and transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. Also called tsetse disease.
[Zulu -nakane.]
nagana [nəˈgɑːnə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) a disease of all domesticated animals of central and southern Africa, caused by parasitic protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma transmitted by tsetse flies
[from Zulu u-nakane]
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00 Hardcover RC186 The trypanosome, a parasitic single-cell eukaryote, is responsible for sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock through much of sub-saharan Africa.
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It attacks the blood and nervous system, causing sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock.
UN agencies battle tsetse ... and rural poverty. (Working Together) by Reinhardt, Erika / UN Chronicle
The fly is the carrier of the single cell parasite, trypanosome, which attacks the blood and nervous system of its victims, causing sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock.
The tsetsefly must die. (Africa) by Odongo, John / New African
 
 
 
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