Human trypanosomiasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease of people and animals. Trypanosomiasis is affected by tsetse flies; it transfers the parasites to humans by biting.

A review of publications on the prevalence of both sleeping sickness and Nagana in Nigeria carried out between 1993 and 2021 by Odebunmi et al. 2024, reported that the disease burden for sleeping ...

The genome of the tsetse fly has been decoded at last. Ten years of work made it possible for a consortium of 145 scientists to publish the DNA sequence for the vector for sleeping sickness. This ...

Among these diseases is the infamous sleeping sickness, caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei. This parasite is transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of the tsetse fly. In humans ...

LSTM's Dr Jennifer Lord is first author on a paper looking at the impact of climate change on the vectors of sleeping sickness in Africa. The study, published in PLOS Medicine, is based on 27 ...

The tsetse fly is the main vector for Human African Trypanosomiasis (aka sleeping sickness), and spreads the disease by biting humans or animals. The disease affects the central nervous system and is ...

The skin is a significant but overlooked anatomical reservoir for vector-borne African trypanosomes, eLife (2016). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.17716 Journal information: eLife ...

Predicting the Impact of Intervention Strategies for Sleeping Sickness in Two High-Endemicity Health Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo. PLoS Negl Trop Dis , 2016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd ...

African Sleeping Sickness, also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis, is a tropical disease that evolves through distinct clinical stages. It ultimately results in meningoencephalitis, coma, and ...

Gambian sleeping sickness -- a deadly parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies -- could be eliminated in six years in key regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to new ...