Editorial African trypanosomiasis

African trypanosomiasis remains a serious health concern across large areas of sub-Saharan Africa, despite several decades of research. As well as causing sleeping sickness in humans, trypanosomes are responsible for significant dis-ease in livestock. The combination of human and livestock disease makes these parasites a serious impediment to agri-cultural and economic advancement in the affected areas, an impact that combines with the obvious health concerns to create a problem that seriously impinges at several levels upon human wellbeing. Despite this seemingly pessimistic summary, significant strides have been made in our under-standing of the interactions between the host and the para-site that drive disease and shape the course of infections. This volume will attempt to summarise recent significant findings, outlining the holistic way in which our under