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.

Tsetse fly. It transmits parasites that cause sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana disease in animals. [iStockphoto] Tsetse flies - which transmit tiny parasites that cause sleeping sickness in ...

Rhodesiense sleeping sickness, a rare but often fatal illness spread by the tsetse fly, has long affected parts of East and Southern Africa. The disease--officially known as human African ...

The researchers have compiled a high-precision inventory of the membrane proteins of cell organelles of the African sleeping sickness pathogen. Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of ...

Sleeping rough Rhodesiense sleeping sickness, a rare but often fatal illness spread by the tsetse fly, has long affected parts of East and Southern Africa. The disease—officially known as human ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope for ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles’ heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The efforts of a research team from Bochum and Würzburg give hope ...

Between 1916-31, an encephalitis lethargica (sleepy or sleeping sickness) epidemic spread globally, afflicting millions, with fatality rates of up to one-third, and leaving another third ...

An oral treatment is now saving lives across East and Southern Africa, replacing painful injections and lengthy hospital stays for patients with a rare but deadly strain of sleeping sickness.

Everything feels fine until your stomach suddenly turns on you. A little dizzy, a bit sweaty - yes, that is motion sickness creeping in. The annoying part? You do not need to be a nervous ...