Tsetse fly transmits –
Correct Answer: Trypanosoma brucei
Description: Trypanosoma brucei
It is the causative organism of sleeping sickness.
T. brucei gambiense → West African sleeping sickness
T. brucei rhodesiense → East African sleeping sickness
Definitive host → Man
Intermediate host → Tsetse fly
Infective form to men → Metacyclic form (metacyclic trypomastigote)
Habitat
- The reticuloendothelial tissue of lymph node and spleen. - Blood
- Connective tissue spaces of various organs. - C.S.F.
- Intercellular spaces in the brain.
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