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Why does t. brucei infection cause symptoms that led to the term african sleeping sickness?
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Fatigue/ sleep: People with trypanosoma brucei infection can become extremely fatigued, sleep during the day and be unable to sleep at night. They may go on to coma and death.
Answered 10/23/2017
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