The deadly sleep

Description

Sleeping sickness is one of the most deadly of the forgotten diseases. Experts thought it had been destroyed decades ago. But it's back with a vengeance and now mobile field teams are out in the bush carrying out blood tests and lumber punctures to beat the disease. For many of its victims the drugs used to treat the disease are fatal in up to 10% of cases.

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24 min

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Date of Publication

2012

Database

Alexander Street

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