05

March
2010

African Trypanosomiasis or Sleeping Sickness Video

category: MyDocHub,Nutrition & Wellness
by Dafé,

African trypanosomiasis is also known as sleeping sickness. There are two types of African trypanosomiasis, East and West, named for the region of Africa in which they were historically found. People can get the disease if they are bitten by an infected tsetse fly, which is only found in Africa. Treatment is available for African trypanosomiasis, but it is fatal if left untreated.

Watch this video on African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness:

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