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- ''This article is about the African trypanosomiasis. For the encephalitis epidemic of 1917-1928, see encephalitis lethargica.
Sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease in people and in animals. Caused by protozoa of genus Trypanosoma and transmitted by the tsetse fly, the disease is endemic in certain regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, covering about 36 countries and 60 million people. It is estimated that 300,000 - 500,000 people are infected, and about 40,000 die every year. Three major epidemics have occurred in the past hundred years, in 1896 - 1906, 1920, and 1970.
History
The condition has been present in Africa since at least the 14th century. The causative agent and the vector were not identified until 1902 - 1903 by Sir David Bruce, and the differentiation between protozoa was not made until 1910. The first effective treatment, Atoxyl, an arsenic based drug developed by Paul Ehrlich and Kiyoshi Shiga was introduced in 1906(?), but blindness was a serious side effect. Numerous drugs have been introduced since then - see the treatment section for details. More on [ Sleeping sickness ]
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African Trypanosomiasis - Detailed information from the World Health Organization.
African Trypanosomiasis - Factsheet with cause, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention.
Division of Parasitic Diseases - Trypanosomiasis - Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
Meta Description: [ The Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT) combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis (T&T) problem. PAAT promotes an integrated approach for T&T intervention with the ultimate goal to improve food security, s... ]Trypanosomiasis - Information about two forms of Trypanosoma brucei, which afflicts over 66 million people in 36 countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
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.
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