Sleeping sickness (also known as human African trypanosomiasis) affects people in 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Elimination programmes reported only 992 new cases in 2019. Sleeping sickness is caused by an infection, with parasites transmitted to humans through the bites of infected tsetse flies. The disease manifests in two forms: chronic infection with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense…
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