Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone for ...

Tsetse flies are bloodthirsty. Natives of sub-Saharan Africa, tsetse flies can transmit the microbe Trypanosoma when they take a blood meal. That’s the protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness ...

The study has looked at Trypanosome parasites, which cause sleeping sickness. The infection is common to parts of Africa. Sleeping sickness refers to a range of different parasitic diseases. The ...

FILE - In this June 1, 2002 file photo dead tsetse flies on display in a laboratory run by the International Livestock Research Institute in Ghibe Valley, near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the southern ...

Yale scientists have for the first time identified a volatile pheromone emitted by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking insect that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of sub-Saharan ...

The tsetse fly is the harbinger of a disease commonly known as sleeping sickness which could eventually kill the patient if not treated. One can therefore describe the tsetse fly disease as a lullaby ...

Scientists have identified a volatile pheromone emitted by the tsetse fly, a blood-sucking insect that spreads diseases in both humans and animals across much of sub-Saharan Africa. The discovery ...

NKHOTAKOTA, Malawi (AP) — The relocation of hundreds of elephants to Malawi's largest wildlife reserve was meant to be a sign of hope and renewal in this southern African nation. Then nearby residents ...