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sleeping sickness
An infectious disease caused by trypanosomes occurring in Africa and carried by tsetse flies. It causes fever, headache, often a sense of oppression, and a rash; later the characteristic somnolence follows and the disease enters a chronic, often fatal stage. Treatment is most effective if started before the late stage of brain involvement and uses arsenical compounds.
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