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DRC reports ‘significant drop’ in sleeping sickness over past decade

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced seeing a significant decrease of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), aka sleeping sickness today. “ … This government...

New sleeping sickness drug could be a key in eliminating disease transmission by 2030: Study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A new, single-dose, oral treatment for sleeping sickness is as effective as current treatments and could be a key factor in eliminating disease transmission by 2030, suggests a new...

Sleeping sickness forms eliminated as a public health problem in 3 African countries

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 million people in 36 countries are at risk. According to the World...

DRC reports 387 African sleeping sickness cases in 2021, Cases reported in most provinces

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Twenty-two of the 26 provinces that make up the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported human African trypanosomiasis in 2021. Last year, the country recorded 387 cases. These...

Sleeping sickness eliminated as a public health problem in Côte d’Ivoire

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) reported recently that Côte d’Ivoire, or Ivory Coast has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known...

African sleeping sickness: Orphan drug, nitisinone, may help control transmission

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African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is a disease transmitted by tsetse flies and is fatal to humans and other animals; however, there is currently no vaccine, this disease is mainly...

Eliminate sleeping sickness before 2030: Sanofi supports WHO in commitment

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Sanofi has signed on December 10th a renewed partnership agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), consolidating a 20-year collaboration to fight some of the most Neglected Tropical Diseases...

African sleeping sickness: Togo eliminates as public health problem

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization (WHO) announced last week that the West African nation of Togo has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness”...

Sleeping sickness: Researchers offer new insight into the parasite

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Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan...

The Parasitology interviews, Part 5

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Filarial worms are long thread like worms that live in the tissue and body cavities of vertebrates. Their eggs mature into tiny larvae called microfilariae. There are at least eight filarids that are of...