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
It's also known as "triple E" or sleeping sickness and gets part of its name from the fact that it infects horses as well as humans.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2024
With herds diminished, thornbush shrubs flourished, providing a perfect home for the tsetse flies that carried sleeping sickness.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
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
“I think no. Now is not the season for tsetse flies. There is hardly any sleeping sickness at all in Kilanga right now.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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