Sleeping sickness is caused by the bite of which insect?
African trypanosomiasis African trypanosomiasis African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, is an insect-borne parasitic disease of humans and other animals. It is caused by protozoa of the species "Trypanosoma brucei". There are two types that infect humans, "Trypanosoma brucei gambiense" (TbG) and "Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense" (TbR). TbG causes over 98% of reported cases. Both are usually transmitted by the bite of an infected tsetse fly and are most common in rural areas. Initially, in the first stage of the disease, there are fevers, headaches, itchiness and joint pains. This begins one to three weeks after the bite. Weeks to months later
Sleeping Sickness (film) film someone had emphasised how rare hippos were on that part of the river. Velten (″"I have to believe in metamorphoses"″) seems to be dead; however, the truth is left unspoken. Sleeping Sickness (film) Sleeping Sickness () is a 2011 German drama film, directed by Ulrich Köhler. It premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where Köhler won the Silver Bear for Best Director. Ebbo Velten works in Cameroon in a sleeping sickness aid project living with his wife, Vera. Their daughter, Helen, usually attending a boarding school in Wetzlar, Germany, visits them. There are few patients