They also severely hinder the agricultural, economic, and social development of entire regions. Among these diseases is the infamous sleeping sickness, caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei.

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Vector control has also been increasingly combined with ... We searched PubMed for publications using the search terms “sleeping sickness” OR “human African trypanosomiasis” OR “Trypanosoma brucei ...

This is what happens when sleeping sickness is left untreated, and before it inevitably kills you. The disease was once rampant across Guinea and required a deadly arsenic drug to treat ...

The trypanosome parasites that cause sleeping sickness have evolved a mechanism to evade immune responses, constantly altering their surface proteins to avoid detection. The tsetse fly, the primary ...

A young man who works in the mangroves shows EL PAÍS a test with a negative result for sleeping sickness, in the Forécariah prefecture. Diego Menjíbar Medical advances and vector control have led to a ...

Conakry: Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health problem in Guinea, the French Research Institute for Development ...

What is sleeping sickness? The Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, is a potentially fatal disease caused by parasites called Trypanosoma. These parasites are transmitted to humans ...

Sleeping sickness is a vector-borne parasitic disease transmitted by infected tsetse flies. It initially presents with fever, headaches, and joint pain but can advance to severe neurological symptoms, ...

Human African trypanosomiasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by infected ... “Congratulations, #Guinea, for eliminating human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness,” said ...

Guinea's Minister of Health and Public Hygiene Dr Oumar Diouhé BAH said the elimination of sleeping sickness is the result of many years of effort by the Guinean government, its partners and ...