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The Tsetse fly is a vector for Trypanosomatid (trypanosomosis - human sleeping sickness) .
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How can protists harm human?
Certain types of protists are parasites. malaria is s protist that causes a disease state in humans. Amebic Dysentery is another protist parasite. Others include Cryptosporidium, Giardiasis, and African Sleeping Sickness.
What insect causes African sleeping sickness?
Tsetse fly
What causes flagellates?
Water borne diarrhea and African Sleeping Sickness.
What are some examples of protozoa?
Plasmodium falciparum that causes MalariaEntamoeba histolytica that causes AmoebiasisGiardia lamblia that causes GiardiasisTrypanosoma brucei causes African trypanomiasis aka African Sleeping Sickness
14 Which specific organism causes African sleeping sickness?
Trypanosoma brucei
What specific organism causes African sleeping sickness (2 words)?
The Tsetse fly.
The zooflagellate Trypanosoma causes the disease known as?
African Sleeping Sickness -Ur From NEISD (;
What does trypanosoma gambiense cause?
Trypanosoma gambienese is a parasitic form that causes African Sleeping Sickness, which is transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly. It lives in the blood and nervous system of its vertebrate host.
African fly begins with T ends with SE?
Tsetse fly. It causes "sleeping sickness".
How do you get African sleeping sickness?
It is caused by the bite of the tsetse fly which carries the protozoa in it's saliva that causes the disease.
What is a zoomastigote?
A zoomastigote is another name for a zooflagellate, a single-celled organism which causes diseases such as African sleeping sickness.
What causes sleeping sickness?
protozoan
