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African Trypanosomiasis
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Human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma, which are protozoa transmitted to humans by tsetse flies (Glossina spp.).
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Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)
- Combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis problem. Includes disease information and maps.
World Health Organization: African Trypanosomiasis
- Fact sheets, research progress, and information about WHO efforts to control this deadly sleeping sickness, which is transmitted to humans by tsetse flies.
eMedicine - African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
- Article by Kitonga P Kiminyo, MD.
Medical Ecology: African Trypanosomiasis
- Chapter from a book on parasitic diseases with detailed information on the vector, the human disease and its prevention through control of tsetse flies.
MicrobeWiki: Trypanosoma
- Classification, description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.
CDC: Trypanosomiasis
- Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
WHO: African Trypanosomiasis
- Detailed information from the World Health Organization.
The Development of Drugs for Treatment of Sleeping Sickness: A Historical Review
- Article by Dietmar Steverding outlining the development of anti-sleeping sickness drugs from the discovery of the first bioactive lead compounds to the identification of more modern chemotherapeutic agents.
Parasites & Vectors: The History of African Trypanosomiasis
- Article by Dietmar Steverding summarising the history of this disease from prehistory to current developments, including the factors that determine its control, emergence and spread.
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