Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Causative Agent of African sleeping sickness:

  1. Fonsecaea pedrosoi

  2. Trypanosoma brucei

  3. Clostridium difficile

  4. Ehrlichia genus
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Trypanosoma brucei is the protozoan parasite that causes African sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis), transmitted by tsetse flies. The other options are incorrect: Fonsecaea causes chromoblastomycosis, Clostridium difficile causes antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and Ehrlichia causes ehrlichiosis.

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