African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and ...

An outbreak of sleeping sickness (encephalitis lethargica), not to be dignified as ” epidemic,” is engaging the attention of New York health authorities. Since January 1 over 112 deaths from ...

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 ...

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.

Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes, a study shows.

Also known as sleeping sickness, eastern equine encephalitis can spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, albeit rarely. An average of just 11 human cases of eastern equine ...

A horse in Lackawanna County died from the disease last year. Also known as sleeping sickness, eastern equine encephalitis can spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Atomic imaging and AI-driven modeling have produced a detailed 3D map of the flagellum of Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness ...