New finding offers breakthrough in beating African sleeping sickness: The Tsetse fly which spreads African sleeping sickness. Oregon State UniversityAfrican sleeping sickness is a deadly disease spread by the bite of the tsetse fly, which only lives in sub-Saharan Africa. Also known as African trypanosomiasis, the infection begins in a person’s blood and then jumps to the … [Read more...] about New finding offers breakthrough in beating African sleeping sickness | The Conversation