Multiple choice

Among the following diseases, ________ is transmitted by sand fly.

  1. chagas disease

  2. human african trypanosomiasis

  3. cryptosporidiosis

  4. leishmaniasis
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Explanation

Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly. Most forms of the disease are transmissible only from animals (zoonosis), but some can be spread between humans.

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