Multiple choice

The disease transmitted by the tsetse fly is

  1. malaria

  2. amoebiasis

  3. sleeping sickness

  4. toxoplasmosis
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C Correct answer
Explanation

This disease, caused by the protozoa trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted by the tsetse fly. Symptoms begin with fever, headache and joint pain. If not treated early, it can involve multiple organs, including the heart and the kidney. Finally, the organism crosses the blood brain barrier, causing the typical symptoms of confusion, day time somnambulism and night time insomnia.

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