Serious Diseases We Can Get From Animals

African Sleeping Sickness

A deadly parasitic disease carried by infected tsetse flies. When an infected tsetse fly that serves as both host and vector bites an individual or animal, the infection spreads rapidly through the blood stream. While taking blood from its host, the fly injects the trypanosome parasite into skin tissue.

Symptoms of African sleeping sickness include fever, headaches, drowsiness, insomnia, sleepiness, sweating, mood changes, anxiety, and swollen lymph nodes. The bite site becomes red, swollen and very painful. No vaccines are available for immunity and few medically related prevention options. The best option to avoid infection is the use of insect repellents.

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