Here we use cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the structure of TbAQP2 from Trypanosoma brucei, bound to either the substrate glycerol or to the sleeping sickness drugs, pentamidine or ...

The father of a teenager who walked off a 120-foot slope has spoken about the terrifying words he uttered shortly before the fall.

This approach results in nuanced, grounded examinations of the actual, material conditions in which the epidemics of sleeping sickness, cholera, influenza, HIV, Ebola and COVID-19 she describes ...

Researchers are zeroing in on the Achilles' heel of pathogens that cause Chagas disease, sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis.

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

Sleeping sickness, medically known as Human African trypanosomiasis, is a parasite spread through the bite of tsetse flies, who thrived in the swampy mangrove of Guinea’s coast.

Between 1916 and 1930, an epidemic of Sleeping Sickness swept the globe, killing over half a million people. Discover the story of this forgotten disease and its devastating impact.

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will be needed to stamp out infection for good.

Discover the growing threat of sleeping sickness, a deadly disease causing fever, psychosis, and disrupted sleep. Learn its symptoms, treatments, and global spread risks.

Sleeping sickness is spread by the bites of infected tsetse flies. To prevent sleeping sickness, travelers to the outbreak area should: Wear medium-weight, neutral-colored clothing, including ...

Without treatment sleeping sickness can cause confusion, uncontrollable aggression, psychosis, and ultimately death Credit: Getty Early symptoms include fever, weakness, and itching.