sleeping sickness

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In one striking case, a ground squirrel bone from Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, dated to about 1.8 million years ago, showed evidence of infection by the parasite that causes sleeping sickness in humans.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

You talk about the labor impact of sleeping sickness.

From Salon • May 8, 2025

With Death’s capture, millions are suddenly affected by a strange sleeping sickness: either unable to sleep or basically in a coma.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022

It turns out that the variants rose to a high frequency among people in sub-Saharan Africa because they offer powerful protection against deadly African sleeping sickness, a disease caused by trypanosomes.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

“If it’s typhus or cholera or any number of other things, these may help. If it’s malaria or sleeping sickness, I’m afraid they won’t. In any case we will pray for your Ruth.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver