Human African trypanosomiasis, more commonly called sleeping sickness, is induced by a parasite, the trypanosome, transmitted to humans by the bite of an insect, the glossinid tse-tse fly.

• 人类非洲锥虫病，更多的被称为昏睡病，是由锥体虫通过拟舌蝇叮咬感染人体而引起的。