What Is African Sleeping Sickness?
9. Prevention
There is no sure way to prevent the disease, but steps can be taken to at least help control it. There are no vaccines, but individuals can help by limiting their exposure to tsetse flies. This largely means wearing long, loose clothing to make it harder for the fly to bite. Dull colors are also recommended because tsetse flies appear to be attracted to bright colors.
Insecticides can also help to keep the fly populations down. Screening is also beneficial in prevention and not only because it can help individuals, but fewer infected people means less chance of other people becoming infected.
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