Researchers have developed a new toolkit for detecting trypanosome parasites in livestock, aiding efforts to monitor and control the disease.

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.

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 ...

Between 1916 and 1930, an epidemic of Sleeping Sickness swept the globe, killing over half a million people. Discover the story of this forgotten disease and its devastating impact. Former ...

Of all the maladies his patients presented with, late-stage human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, was among the diseases he dreaded the most. Caused by protozoan parasites ...

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 ...

Known as 'sleeping sickness', or African trypanosomiasis, it causes difficulties sleeping at night. Early symptoms include fever, weakness, and itching. While often mild at first, the infection ...

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) technical advisory group on human African trypanosomiasis – commonly known as sleeping sickness – has confirmed that elimination by 2030 is within sight. Sleeping ...

The Human African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a Neglected Tropical Disease, which according to researchers, is yet to be eliminated from Nigeria due to the inability to ...

Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone ...

The disease is treatable, but only if you have access to the special medication, doctors, and other care you need to survive — if left untreated, African sleeping sickness is almost always fatal.