With one dose, new drug may cure sleeping sickness. Could it also wipe it out?

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This often fatal disease found in many African countries is painful and lengthy to treat. But a single oral dose proved incredibly effective in a clinical trial, raising hopes of eradication.

There are two kinds of sleeping sicknesses, both caused byparasites. The most common form of the disease, and the one treated by this new drug, is caused by. Humans are the primary reservoir for the parasite, and it is spread to others by tsetse flies.in the late '90s, but the number of cases has now dropped to fewer than 1,000 cases per year.

Over time, treatments became less toxic and more effective, but even the last drug for sleeping sickness approved for use in 2019 still required lumbar punctures and 10 days of treatment. Despite his enthusiasm that acoziborole is truly a major development in treating sleeping sickness, Pépin has some critiques of the clinical trial."The trial was not according to the current standards, because it was not a randomized control trial where half of the patients received the new treatment and half of the patients [received] the previously recommended treatment," he says.

Pépin gave three reasons why he believes elimination of sleeping sickness will be difficult. The first is that the disease is found in countries that are or could become politically unstable, making the logistics of testing and treatment more difficult. The second is that once the disease becomes uncommon, it will become harder to convince people to take part in surveillance efforts.

 

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Weed?

I am sure it is because of white supremacy and global warming. We need to start equity payments.

Hmmm... Im suprised to see that you havent condemned Baalenciaga for their exploitation of children. Hmmmm.. Its pedophilia! These are our children, you dont hurt the children!

Nature is not a benevolent mother.

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