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Trypanosomes are a group of protozoan parasites, some of which cause human diseases, one of which is Trypanosoma brucei, and causes African sleeping sickness. Infections start with the relatively minor symptoms of fevers, joint pain and itching, but once the parasite penetrates the blood-brain barrier (a remarkable feat that stumps most pathogens and parasites) then the symptoms get [...]