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
It's also known as "triple E" or sleeping sickness and gets part of its name from the fact that it infects horses as well as humans.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 2024
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
It turns out that the variants rose to a high frequency among people in sub-Saharan Africa because they offer powerful protection against deadly African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by trypanosomes.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
“John,” she murmured to herself, “John . . .” Then “My Ford,” she wondered, “have I given dais one its sleeping sickness injection, or haven’t I?”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
