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Which of the following diseases is caused by Trypanosoma gambiense?

  1. African sleeping sickness

  2. Malaria

  3. Dysentery

  4. Elephantiasis
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Explanation

African trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease transmitted by the tsetse fly. It gets its nickname ‘sleeping sickness’ because symptoms can include a disturbed sleep pattern.

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