The trypanosoma parasite, which causes African sleeping sickness, is contracted through the tsetse fly. Trypanosomes feed off the body's red blood cells, destroying them and ultimately causing death.
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Monsters Inside Me: African Sleeping Sickness
The trypanosoma parasite, which causes African sleeping sickness, is contracted through the tsetse fly. Trypanosomes feed off the body's red blood cells, destroying them and ultimately causing death.
Added: Aug 7, 2009
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