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African sleeping sickness is due to...

African sleeping sickness is due to

A

Plasmodium vivax transmitted by tse-tse fly

B

Trypanosoma lewsii transmitted by bed bug

C

Trypanosoma gambiense transmitted by Glossina palpalis

D

Entamoeba gingivalis spread by house fly

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C
(c) The disease African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma gambiense and this is transmitted by tse-tse fly (Glossina palpalis).
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