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 ...

Among the trypanosomes' weapons of woe is African sleeping sickness, which threatens more than 60 million people in 36 countries in sub-Saharan regions. The World Health Organization estimates that ...

African sleeping sickness, also known as trypanosomiasis and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a parasitic infection carried by tsetse, also known as tsetse flies. There are two versions of the ...

Ethiopia has begun its ambitious plan to become the first country in the world to eradicate the tsetse fly. The fly carries a parasite that causes sleeping sickness, Africa’s ancient scourge, and ...

A handful of patients in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as foreign travellers, have now been treated with a medicine that is revolutionizing care for patients with ...

Acute sleeping sickness – the treatment is almost as horrific as the disease. But now there is encouraging news about an oral medication – one that's also been used for chronic sleeping sickness to ...