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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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