Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Silencing signals sent by parasite could aid sleeping sickness fight
A new discovery by scientists could help combat the spread of sleeping sickness.
Dec 15, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Clinical trial for first oral drug candidate specifically developed for sleeping sickness
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has announced today at the 9th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health (ECTMIH) in Basel, Switzerland, the successful completion of Phase I human ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug to treat rare genetic disease may help control transmission of African trypanosomiasis
African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness) is a disease transmitted by tsetse flies and is fatal to humans and other animals; however, there is currently no vaccine, this disease is mainly controlled by reducing ...
Jan 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Lancaster University researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host.
Dec 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New insights into the world of trypanosomes
Single specimens of the vermicular pathogens causing sleeping sickness swim inside the gut of the tsetse fly between blood cells which the fly has ingested from an infected mammal. This is where they start their week-long ...
Aug 23, 2017
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What changes in temperature mean for Africa's tsetse fly
In a world of changing climate, would nature's insect "vampire," the tsetse fly, perish or change its hunting ground?
Jan 16, 2020
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Medications
New oral drug candidate for African sleeping sickness
A new oral-only treatment for sleeping sickness has entered Phase II/III clinical study in patients with late-stage sleeping sickness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and soon in Central African Republic (CAR). ...
Dec 6, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Better tests for sleeping sickness
Lies Van Nieuwenhove, researcher at the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, has produced proteins imitating typical parts of the sleeping sickness parasite. They can be used in more efficient diagnostic tests, without ...
May 22, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deadly sleeping sickness set to be eliminated in six years
Gambian sleeping sickness - a deadly parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies - could be eliminated in six years in key regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Dec 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical screening and fly control could rapidly reduce sleeping sickness in key locations
In 2012, the World Health Organization set two public health goals for Gambian sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease spread by the tsetse fly. The first is to eliminate the disease as a public health problem and have fewer ...
Jan 5, 2017
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