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What's the causative agent of african sleeping sickness?
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Trypanosoma brucei : The parasite trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by the tsetse fly.
Answered 8/5/2016
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T brucei -2 types: East african trypanosomiasis is caused by trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. West african trypanosomiasis (gambian sleeping sickness) is caused by trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Both of these blood borne diseases are transmitted by the tsetse fly.
Answered 10/4/2016
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