The name sleeping sickness is a vague description of just one of the symptoms caused by the parasite trypanosome brucei. Human African Trypanosomiasis is what the disease is more commonly referred to, and is found in a confined part of the vast continent Africa. More specifically the sub-Sahara region.
Human African Trypanosomiasis is one of the most neglected tropical infections that is re-emerging as a public health issue in most parts of rural Africa. It is caused by a protozoan called trypanosome brucei, which is a sub species of the trypanosome parasite. The vector-borne parasite is transmitted through the bite of tsetse fly when animals and humans become in contact with the fly. The single celled protozoa have complex life cycle spent partly in the tsetse fly and partly in the mammalian bloodstream.
Human African trypanosomiasis is responsible for infecting and attacking more than 10,000 people each year and kills hundreds of thousands of domesticated animals and prevents......
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