GK QUESTION#3642
Sleeping sickness is a vector borne disease caused by the infection of which microscopic parasite of the species?
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Answer
A. Trypanosoma brucei
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Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei subspecies, principally T.b.gambiense and T.b.rhodesiense. Infected tsetse flies transmit the parasites.