Sentences with phrase «sleeping sickness in»

Tsetse are the insect vector of the trypanosomiasis parasite which causes disease in animals (with major knock - on effects on the farmers who are financially dependent on their livestock), and sleeping sickness in people (fatal when not properly treated).

There were 6,314 new cases of African sleeping sickness in 2013.

Such is the case for the trypanosomes, the protists I discussed last time as the source of Chagas Disease, but which also cause sleeping sickness in Africa.

They found that a two - pronged approach — integrating active screening and vector control — could substantially speed up the elimination of Gambian sleeping sickness in high burden areas of DRC.

A lecturer with the Faculty of Vetenary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Shuaibu Mohammed, has revealed that there are about 70,000 cases of sleeping sickness in Nigeria every year.

Not exact matches

About ten years ago, when I was also going through the worst of my years of sickness, I was driven into such a craze from yet another night of no sleep, that I decided I needed a little help in the form of a pill to get some relief.

Actually we get far less sleeping sickness here than they do in Tanganyika, only 102 cases out of 550,000 people two years ago.»

I also had trouble sleeping and issues with my legs swelling, as well as really, really bad morning sickness in the first trimester.

When the snuggles for sickness become part of her routine in between sleep cycles.

• Your child is under 12 months old • When you put your child down for a nap he plays, resists, or fusses for a while but always ends up sleeping for an hour or more • When you take your child for car rides during the day he usually falls asleep • If your child misses a nap he is fussy or acts tired until the next nap or bedtime • Your child is dealing with a change in his life (such as a new sibling, sickness, or starting daycare) that disrupts his nap schedule • Your child misses naps when you're on the go, but when you are at home he takes two good naps

It is also the main component in many sleep aids, including «nighttime» versions of cold medications, as well as motion sickness pills.

Of the Iron Age individuals, three carry at least one Duffy null allele, protecting against malaria, and two have at least one sleeping - sickness - resistance variant in the APOL1 gene.

Wolbachia appears even more attractive considering its potential application in controlling other insect - borne diseases, such as malaria and the tsetse fly's sleeping sickness.

Genzyme, for example, is committed to developing innovative therapies for diseases such as malaria and sleeping sickness that have largely disappeared in the industrial nations but affect millions in Third World countries.

Medzhitov's Lab is now looking at the effects of another common sickness behavior — changes in sleep patterns — on how the immune system fights infection.

The number of cases of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) fell from 37,000 new cases in 1999 to under 3,000 in 2015.

«Targeted nanoparticles can overcome drug resistance in trypanosomes: A high - tech approach to combat sleeping sickness and potentially other neglected diseases.»

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by trypanosome parasites transmitted by tsetse flies and threatens millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

Insomnia - related symptoms, early morning awakenings, feeling more tired than others, and using sleeping pills also were consistently associated with a significant increase in workdays lost due to sickness.

Without melarsoprol, sleeping sickness is fatal, yet the treatment itself kills 1 in 20.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — It's far from the ideal therapy, but scientists say a new combination of two old drugs is an important step forward in the fight against sleeping sickness, a long - neglected tropical disease.

Sleeping sickness, caused by two subspecies of the Trypanosoma brucei unicellular parasite and transmitted by tsetse flies, affects an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 people annually in Africa.

Gambian sleeping sickness, or Gambian human African trypanosomiasis, is caused by a parasite called Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, carried by tsetse flies in Central and West Africa.

Gambian sleeping sickness — a deadly parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies — could be eliminated in six years in key regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to new research by the University of Warwick.

In 2012, the World Health Organization set two public health goals for the control of Gambian sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease spread by the tsetse fly.

A new hope is emerging for eliminating sleeping sickness, which, despite a significant decrease in the 20th century, remains a major concern in Sub-Saharan Africa and a neglected tropical disease.

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

«Deadly sleeping sickness set to be eliminated in six years.»

Such hardiness in the face of locally tough conditions is a hallmark of the regional versions of various livestock breeds, such as worm - resistant Red Maasai sheep [see video here] and Sheko cattle with their immunity to sleeping sickness [see video here].

The study suggests that animals play a bigger role in transmitting sleeping sickness than previously thought, and suggests that they could form a natural reservoir from which sleeping sickness could bounce back even if it were defeated in humans.

In fact, the researchers say, the loss of wildlife habitat in Africa — and not human treatment programs — could be the main reason that sleeping sickness disease, usually called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is now on the retreaIn fact, the researchers say, the loss of wildlife habitat in Africa — and not human treatment programs — could be the main reason that sleeping sickness disease, usually called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is now on the retreain Africa — and not human treatment programs — could be the main reason that sleeping sickness disease, usually called human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is now on the retreat.

«But the differences discovered in the distribution machinery in parasites and humans are of particular interest for developing new medicines against the sleeping sickness and other illnesses caused by trypanosomes in humans and animals.»

Nanotubes fuse to form vesicles in African trypanosomes, a parasite that causes African sleeping sickness.

It may also lead to improved therapies to fight sleeping sickness; current medications used to combat the disease have improved over the past decade but still include an old arsenic - based drug that kills between 5 and 10 percent of the people receiving treatment, said the study's senior author Stephen Hajduk, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the UGA Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

«New weakness discovered in the sleeping sickness pathogen.»

Trypanosomes are single - celled parasites that cause diseases such as human African sleeping sickness and Nagana in animals.

African trypanosomes cause human sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa.

Cilia play important roles in nearly every human organ and also are essential for the survival of many parasites, such as trypanosoma brucei that causes African sleeping sickness, giving Dong's work the potential for wide influence.

In more current, but not yet published work, Sattler is also fusing NMR and crystallography in a drug discovery project to find small molecule inhibitors that neutralize trypanosoma, parasites that cause sleeping sickness, by disrupting life - critical protein - protein interactionIn more current, but not yet published work, Sattler is also fusing NMR and crystallography in a drug discovery project to find small molecule inhibitors that neutralize trypanosoma, parasites that cause sleeping sickness, by disrupting life - critical protein - protein interactionin a drug discovery project to find small molecule inhibitors that neutralize trypanosoma, parasites that cause sleeping sickness, by disrupting life - critical protein - protein interactions.

To elaborate, I take magnesium as a supplement daily and give it to my kids, I make a homemade magnesium oil that I rub on my kids feet each night to help with sleep, use homemade magnesium body butter for softer skin, and magnesium was instrumental in avoiding morning sickness in my last pregnancy.

In your pre-natal yoga tool kit, Tara will provide you with everything you need to settle common pregnancy woes, such as disturbed sleep, morning sickness, aches and pains, and a decrease in intimacy with your partneIn your pre-natal yoga tool kit, Tara will provide you with everything you need to settle common pregnancy woes, such as disturbed sleep, morning sickness, aches and pains, and a decrease in intimacy with your partnein intimacy with your partner.

«Loud night breathing impacts forty percent of the adult population, it's a breathing sickness as a result of vibrations of the tissues in the back of the nostril and mouth,» says slumber down's independent sleep expert Sammy Margo.

If your nutrition is off, it can show up in the form of weight gain, low energy, dull skin and blemishes, irregular digestion, frequent sickness, loss of concentration and focus, inadequate sleep and so much more.

Working too many hours, stress, not eating right, lack of sleep, sickness, emotions, chemicals in my environment, and not keeping up with my supplements all impacted my ability to maintain good health.

In general, I ate and slept rather poorly plus I went through an extended period of heavy stress (love - sickness) after which I started to develop migraines, a sensitive throat and psoriasis as well.

Dr. Edward Bach, more than 80 year ago, had an equally strong believe that our emotional state plays a fundamental role in health, sickness, healing and critical human functions like healthy natural sleep.

(Italy) George Harrison: Living In The Material World, music documentary directed by Martin Scorsese (USA) Goodbye First Love, directed by Mia Hansen - Løve, tracks a first love over eight years (France / Germany) Pina, directed by Wim Wenders, which is a 3D dance film and tribute to Pina Bausch (Germany / France / UK) Play, directed by Ruben Östlund, which is a provocative movie about African immigrants taking advantage of Swedish peacefulness (Sweden) Policeman, directed by Nadav Lapid, which includes wealthy anarchists and anti-terrorist police (Israel / France) Sleeping Sickness, directed by Ulrich Köhler who won Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival.

Competition Jury Golden Bear: Jodaeiye Nader Az Simin (Nader and Simin, A Separation) by Asghar Farhadi Silver Bear The Jury Grand Prize: A Torinoi Lo (The Turin Horse) by Bela Tarr Silver Bear Best Director: Ulrich Kohler for Schlafkrankheit (Sleeping Sickness) Silver Bear Best Actress: the female ensemble in Nader & Simin Silver Bear Best Actor: the male ensemble in Nader & Simin Silver Bear Best Screenplay: The Forgiveness of Blood written by Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj.

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But generally speaking, in the villa, I think I must have caught Sleeping Sickness from the mosquitoes on display...