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
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
Had he been quarantined, infected with some sleeping sickness?
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
