Web Directory

» Division of Parasitic Diseases - Trypanosomiasis
   Information about the East African and West African forms of Trypanosomiasis from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
   http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trypanosomiasis/

» Medical Ecology: African Trypanosomiasis
   Chapter from a book on parasitic diseases with detailed information on the vector, the human disease and its prevention through control of tsetse flies.
   http://www.medicalecology.org/diseases/d_african_trypano.htm

» MicrobeWiki: Trypanosoma
   Classification, description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.
   http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Trypanosoma

» Médecins Sans Frontières: Sleeping Sickness
   News items on this disease of Sub-Saharan Africa.
   http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/allcontent.cfm?id=96

» Parasites & Vectors: The History of African Trypanosomiasis
   Article by Dietmar Steverding summarising the history of this disease from prehistory to current developments, including the factors that determine its control, emergence and spread.
   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/1/1/3

» Programme Against African Trypanosomiasis (PAAT)
   Combines forces of FAO, IAEA, WHO, AU/IBAR and other relevant stakeholders concerned with the tsetse and trypanosomiasis problem. Includes disease information and maps.
   http://www.fao.org/ag/againfo/programmes/en/paat/home.html

» The Development of Drugs for Treatment of Sleeping Sickness: A Historical Review
   Article by Dietmar Steverding outlining the development of anti-sleeping sickness drugs from the discovery of the first bioactive lead compounds to the identification of more modern chemotherapeutic agents.
   http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/3/1/15

» TropIKA: African Trypanosomiasis
   Information on this disease, review articles, news items, research articles and reports.
   http://www.tropika.net/svc/home/african-trypanosomiasis

» WHO: African Trypanosomiasis
   Detailed information from the World Health Organization.
   http://apps.who.int/tdr/svc/diseases/african-trypanosomiasis

» World Health Organization: African Trypanosomiasis
   Fact sheets, research progress, and information about WHO efforts to control this deadly sleeping sickness, which is transmitted to humans by tsetse flies.
   http://www.who.int/topics/trypanosomiasis_african/en/

» eMedicine - African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness)
   Article by Kitonga P Kiminyo, MD.
   http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/228613-overview