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In East African sleeping sickness, CNS signs appear early, presenting in weeks to a month with the two stages merging, whereas West African sleeping sickness has a more gradual onset with CNS symptoms taking months to a year.
People who got seven hours of sleep a night or less were almost three times as likely to get sick as the people who got at least eight hours of sleep a night. More research is needed to establish a real link; this study was small and other factors may have influenced the results.