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 ...

A hallmark of the disease is disrupted sleep patterns—and so the term sleeping sickness has been coined, as sufferers may sleep during the day and struggle with severe insomnia at night.

Ehrlich was looking for a cure or treatment for "sleeping sickness," a disease caused by a microbe. He found that a chemical called Atoxyl worked well but was a fairly strong arsenic compound ...

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.

This malady should not be confused with African sleeping sickness, which is transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly, but is a frequent accompaniment of influenza and other winter diseases.

The state agency declined to identify the location of the horse that died from the disease, the county said. Also known as sleeping sickness, eastern equine encephalitis can spread to humans ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quality-assured, easy-to-use tests are desperately needed for a range of infectious tropical diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, African sleeping sickness and schistosomiasis. Some tests ...

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.