Word: trypanosoma
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...staff, and in 1920 Dr. Pearce went to the Belgian Congo, where she used it extensively in the treatment of African sleeping sickness among the natives. Her results proved it to be the most valuable drug for the treatment of this disease, which is caused by a germ called Trypanosoma gambiense, transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly, and is distinct from the disease known as sleeping sickness in temperate zones (encephalitis lethargica). Dr. Pearce is but 37 years old, a graduate of Stanford and Hopkins. She has already made a name for herself among the country...
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