This malady should not be confused with African sleeping sickness, which is transmitted ... are to keep away from influenza patients and observe the commonsense laws of health.” ...

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.

African sleeping sickness and schistosomiasis. Some tests are too complex to use in remote areas, resulting in the need to transport samples and, consequently, the need for patients to make a ...

Ebbo and Vera Velten have spent the better part of the past twenty years living in different African countries. Ebbo is the manager of a sleeping sickness programme. His work is fulfilling.

or sleeping sickness. This disease was common in the west African region. The gene prompts the immune system to produce a protein that dissolves the membrane of the parasite, destroying it.

More than 300 participants from across Africa are meeting this week in Kenya, to discuss ways of tackling the African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness or Nagana. The disease is ...