First expedition In the first expedition of the Commission , Low was appointed as leader of the team  . He was assigned to look for Filaria perstans (later renamed Mansonella perstans), a small roundworm transmitted by flies, as a possible cause of sleeping sickness. Low had previously in 1901 established that another roundworm Filaria bancrofti (later renamed was the cause of elephantiasis in humans. Since the initial discovery of Mansion in 1878 that F. bancrofti was transmitted by mosquitos (Culex quinquefasciatus), it was believed that roundworms and insects were associated with the sleeping sickness.  Castellani was assigned to investigate bacteria as the possible etiology; while Christy was to make epidemiological studies. The team arrived at Entebbe and set up a laboratory there in the mid 1902. There were frictions between the team members, and Christy, who was regarded as playing only a minor role, resorted to idling his time trekking and hunting   .
The first Commission Low was appointed as leader of the team in the first Commission, . He was assigned to look for Filaria perstans (later renamed Mansonella perstans), a small roundworm transmitted by flies, as a possible cause of sleeping sickness. Low had previously in 1901 established that another roundworm Filaria bancrofti (later renamed was the cause of elephantiasis in humans. Since the initial discovery of Mansion in 1878 that F. bancrofti was transmitted by mosquitos (Culex quinquefasciatus), it was believed that roundworms and mosquitos were associated with the sleeping sickness. This was the main reason the Royal Society put the matter under its Malaria Committee. Castellani was assigned to investigate bacteria as another possible etiology; while Christy was to make epidemiological studies. The team arrived at Entebbe and set up a laboratory there in July 1902. There were frictions between the team members, and Christy, who was regarded as playing only a minor role, resorted to idling his time trekking and hunting . The first investigation lasted up to the end of the year until Low returned to London to become superintendent of the London School of Tropical Medicine. The team was described as an "ill-assorted group," and the expedition "a failure." The second Commission The Royal Society constituted the second Commission in the early 1903. With David Nunes Nabarro of the University College Hospital, was appointed "Head of the Commission" on 5 January. But Nabarro asked the Royal Society to make someone else as the head. David Bruce of the Royal Army Medical Corps was then appointed leader of the team. Bruce and Nabarro joined Castellani and Christy on 16 March. The Commission terminated in August as Bruce left Africa to work in Malta .
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The second Commission The Royal Society constituted the second Commission in the early 1903. With David Nunes Nabarro of the University College Hospital, was appointed "Head of the Commission" on 5 January. But Nabarro asked the Royal Society to make someone else as the head. David Bruce of the Royal Army Medical Corps was then appointed leader of the team. Bruce and Nabarro joined Castellani and Christy on 16 March. The Commission terminated in August as Bruce left Africa to work in Malta