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 ...

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 ...

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.