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
The condition was colloquially known as "sleeping sickness," as those infected developed extreme fatigue, neurocognitive impairments, psychiatric illness, and movement disorders.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023
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
“It could be malaria. Could be typhus. Not sleeping sickness, I don’t think. Let me get you something that might help.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
