The fatal sleep : Africa's killer disease that went undiscovered for centuries
Kennedy, Peter2007
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The bite of the tsetse fly - a burning sting into the skin - causes a descent into violent fever and aching pains. Severe bouts of insomnia are followed by mental deterioration, disruption of the nervous system, coma and ultimately death. This sleeping sickness is one of Africa's major killers.
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The fatal sleep : Africa's killer disease that went undiscovered for centuries / by Peter Kennedy.
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Imprint:
Edinburgh : Luath, 2007.
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192 p.: 21 cm.
ISBN:
9781905222674 (hbk)190522267X (hbk)
Dewey class:
614.5'33'0092614.533009
Language:
English
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BRN:
1024671
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