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Human African Trypanosomiasis, Sleeping Sickness, African lethargy or Congo Trypanosomiasis are all names for the same disease of people and animals which is caused by a parasitic protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei, transmitted by the bite of the Tsetse Fly.

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What is the name of the dreaded African fly?

TseTse. It carries the sleeping sickness.


What disease does the tsetse fly give?

The tsetse fly transmits the parasite that causes African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. This disease can affect both humans and animals and can be fatal if not treated promptly. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, headaches, and in later stages, neurological problems and disturbances in sleep patterns.


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 deadly disease does the tsetse fly carry?

The tsetse fly carries the parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness in humans. This disease is often fatal if left untreated and affects the central nervous system.


What do tsetese fly apart?

tsetse fly is an African fly that carries various diseases to humans and animals. Unually linked with 'sleeping sickness'


Which insect carries sleeping sickness to cattle and human?

The tsetse fly is the primary carrier of Trypanosoma brucei. T. brucei are a parasitic, single flagella protozoa that causes African trypanosomiasis(sleeping sickness) in humans and Nagana (animal African trypanosomiasis). T. brucei produces the chemical Tryptophol during the neurological phase of the disease that induces sleep.


What disease does the tsetse fly cause?

The tsetse fly carries the agent for trypanosamiasis, also known as sleeping sickness.


Which insect carries a sickness called malaria?

The inscet the Mosquitoe carries this sickness.


Is the tsetse fly born with the bacteria it carries?

No it is not it gets it from a special type of plant or the animals it bites into.


How does the malaria parasite get into a mosquito?

it carries it naturally


Where does the mosquito carry the malaria parasite?

it carries it to the host


What disses do female mosquitoes CARRY?

female mosquito carries a parasite called protozoan which causes malaria