Multiple choice Malaria and African sleeping sickness are caused respectively by plasmodium falciparum and trypanosoma gambiense plasmodium malariae and triatoma rhodinus anopheles sp. and trypanosoma cruzi giardia sp. and trypanosoma rhodesiense Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself A Correct answer Explanation Malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum (a protozoan) transmitted by mosquitoes. African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma gambiense, also a protozoan transmitted by the tse-tse fly.