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

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 ...

Popularly known as sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis, the condition leads to difficulties in sleeping at night. According to experts, the condition is usually mild at first but can ...

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 ...