African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

Known as 'sleeping sickness', or African trypanosomiasis, it causes difficulties sleeping at night. Early symptoms include fever, weakness, and itching. While often mild at first, the infection ...

Insect repellents have not proven effective in preventing tsetse fly bites. East African sleeping sickness progresses quickly, and treatment is necessary to prevent severe illness and death within ...

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is emerging as a global health concern as scientists warn of its potential to spread beyond Africa. Traditionally confined to sub-Saharan Africa ...

may drive molecular changes in the organisms that cause sleeping sickness – which can be fatal if left untreated. The parasites – known as African trypanosomes – are normally transmitted by tsetse ...

may drive molecular changes in the organisms that cause sleeping sickness—which can be fatal if left untreated. The parasites—known as African trypanosomes—are normally transmitted by tsetse ...

According to WHO, Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem. The agency targets 2030 when most African countries would have eliminated the disease with zero transmission.

may drive molecular changes in the organisms that cause sleeping sickness -- which can be fatal if left untreated. The parasites -- known as African trypanosomes -- are normally transmitted by ...