sleeping sickness
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It has been used to treat West African sleeping sickness, a chronic illness spread by the tsetse fly.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
The condition was colloquially known as "sleeping sickness," as those infected developed extreme fatigue, neurocognitive impairments, psychiatric illness, and movement disorders.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023
With Death’s capture, millions are suddenly affected by a strange sleeping sickness: either unable to sleep or basically in a coma.
From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022
Figure 15.13 Trypanosoma brucei is the causative agent of sleeping sickness in humans.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
"What if I worked on her organs? Made them youthful again. Perhaps there's some failing within her body that keeps Charlotte in this sleeping sickness."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
