what parts of the body does the african sleeping sickness effect?
WHAT IS AFRICAN SLEEPING SICKNESS? African trypanosomiasis, commonly called sleeping sickness, is caused by two protozoan parasites that are morphologically similar but cause dramatically different diseases. East African sleeping sickness is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense,whereas West African sleeping sickness, also known as Gambian sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Both diseases are transmitted by tsetse flies (one third of the population of Africa lives in tsetse fly-infested areas). Sleeping sickness newly infects about 20,000 to 25,000 people each year and causes about 55,000 deaths each year. Each day, about 100 people die of the disease. East African Sleeping Sickness. East African sleeping sickness is an acute disease that typically leads to death within weeks or months if not treated. The initial bite leaves a distinctive sore spot called a chancre. Symptoms, which appear one to four weeks after infection, may include swollen l
