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Trypanosoma brucei produces...

Trypanosoma brucei produces

A

Sleeping sickness

B

Kala-azar

C

Dysentery

D

A disease of animals

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A
African Trypanosomiasis also known as sleeping sickness is caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by tsetse fly (Glossina species).
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