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What Happens When You Get Sleeping Sickness?
Sleeping sickness is infection with germs carried by certain flies. It results in swelling of the brain.
Alternative Names
African trypanosomiasis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Sleeping sickness is caused by two germs, Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosomoa brucei gambiense. The more severe form of the illness is caused by T. rhodesiense.
Tsetse flies carry the infection. When an infected fly bites you, the infection spreads through your blood.
Risk factors include living in...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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