African sleeping sickness is due to
(a) Plasmodium vivax transmitted by tse-tse fly
(b) Trypanosoma lewsii transmitted by bed bug
(c) Trypanosoma gambiense transmitted by Glossina
palpalis
(d) Entamoeba gingivalis spread by housefly

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Answer :

(c) Trypanosoma gambiense transmitted by Glossina
palpalis

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