Q. The disease caused by $Trypanosoma$ is

A) Yellow fever
B) Sleeping sickness
C) Kala azar
D) Hey fever
Explanation

$Trypanosoma\ gambiense$causes west and central African sleeping sickness or Gambian fever. It is a fatal infection of the nervous and lymphatic systems that is endemic in certain parts of Africa. The vector of the flagellate is the tse-tse fly $Glossina$

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