EurekAlert!: New RNA test for African trypanosomiasis in livestock aids control efforts A new state-of-the-art diagnostic test for animal African trypanosomiasis could detect sentinels of infection in domestic animals and aid control efforts Researchers have developed a new toolkit for ... Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone for ...

Understanding the Context

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem. This form of human African trypanosomiasis, the ... African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite and spread by the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. Infections begin with mild to moderate symptoms like fever and body ...

Key Insights

African trypanosomiasis, which affects both animals and humans, is a progressive wasting disease. During this infection, the rapid growth of T. brucei in the AT, especially gonadal AT, the largest ... African sleeping sickness, also known as trypanosomiasis and human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a parasitic infection carried by tsetse, also known as tsetse flies. There are two versions of the ...

Final Thoughts

More than 300 participants from across Africa are meeting this week in Kenya, to discuss ways of tackling the African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness or Nagana. The disease is ... The African Union (AU) and Kenya have urged African countries to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the management of trypanosomiasis. Dr. Huyam Salih, Director of the African Union InterAfrican ... A single dose of oral acoziborole proved to be efficacious and safe for adults and adolescents with gambiense human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as "sleeping sickness," suggesting its ...