Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness

Researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 million people in 36 countries are at risk. The infection attacks the central nervous system and is fatal without treatment. Researchers have found that the parasite’s cell division differs from that of humans and animals. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191212142626.htm