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How did african trypanosomaiasis (sleeping sickness) spread to other places?
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Sleeping sickness: Thru tsetse fly which carries the parasite.
Answered 12/9/2013
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2 subspecies: East african trypanosomiasis is caused by trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. West african trypanosomiasis (gambian sleeping sickness) is caused by trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Both of are transmitted through blood by the tsetse fly. The two subspecies do not overlap geographically.
Answered 10/4/2016
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