KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 11 - 2. Biological Classification
Which of the following protozoan parasites causes sleeping sickness?
- A Plasmodium
- B Entamoeba
- C Leishmania
- D Trypanosoma
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(D) Trypanosoma
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(D) Trypanosoma,
Sleeping sickness, also called human African trypanosomaisis, is caused by protozoan Trypanosoma brucei.
Sleeping sickness, also called human African trypanosomaisis, is caused by protozoan Trypanosoma brucei.
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