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GK QUESTION#3642

Sleeping sickness is a vector borne disease caused by the infection of which microscopic parasite of the species?

  1. ATrypanosoma bruceiCorrect answer
  2. BBalantioides coli
  3. CGiardia duodenalis
  4. DCyclospora cayetanensis
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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.

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