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You are watching The Deadliest Disease Season 1 Episode 2

Sleeping Sickness is the deadliest disease in the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo suffers more cases than any other country. Without treatment, parasites called trypanosomes invade the victim’s brain, ravage their sleep cycle, driving them mad before finally killing them. But dedicated doctors and medics are fighting back.

• On site 11 October 2008
• Air date 11 October 2008
• Produced for BBC World

TV Series — Survival

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Keywords

• Sleeping Sickness,
• trypanosome,
• lstm,
• molyneaux,
• nufurtimox,
• congo