Average Weather in October in Fort Myers Florida, United States. In Fort Myers, the month of October is characterized by falling daily high temperatures, with daily highs decreasing by 5Â°F, from 88Â°F to 83Â°F over the course of the month, and rarely exceeding 92Â°F or dropping below 77Â°F.
African sleeping sickness is caused by protozoa in the Trypanosoma genus. These organisms are carried by the tsetse fly and transmitted to humans via tsetse fly bites. According to the World Health Organization, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes more than 90 percent of African sleeping sickness cases.
Trypanosomiasis refers to three types of infections caused by protozoa * and spread to humans through insect bites. There are two kinds of African trypanosomiasis, East African and West African. Both of these varieties also are known as sleeping sickness. The disease can affect people living on the African continent south of the Sahara Desert.