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Herdsmen stay awake, as sleeping sickness gnaws at livestock

By Maore Ithula

Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a widespread tropical disease that can be fatal if not treated. It is spread by the bite of an infected tsetse fly (Glossina Genus).

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