426: Around the World in 80 Plagues- Sleeping Sickness

In this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh once again set off on our lost series to discuss lesser known diseases. Along the way, they cover alliteration, Ancient Egypt, a brief history of trypanosomes, medical eytmology, neglected tropical diseases, TseTse flies, modes of transmission, Bar-Fly Trivia, disease locations, symptoms, slave trade associations, parasite diagnosis, antigenic variation, deadly treatments, and a just the tip from East Africa. So Sit back and relax as we wake you up to the realities of sleeping sickness!

Sources
1)https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/wellness/1991/04/09/the-puzzling-history-of-sleeping-sickness/79a1dff4-f9bf-4c6f-ae8f-ace6dd6d5f61/?utm_term=.2dbbf6f6547f
2)http://dna.kdna.ucla.edu/parasite_course old/african%20tryps%20new_files/subchapters/historical.htm
3)http://cmr.asm.org/content/12/1/112.full
4)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270819/

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