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Q: What vector causes African sleeping sickness?
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What causes African sleeping sickness and giardiasis?

The Tsetse fly is a vector for Trypanosomatid (trypanosomosis - human sleeping sickness) .


What is the vector that transmits African sleeping sickness?

tsetse fly


What is a Vector that aids in the transmission of sleeping sickness?

trypanosoma


Which fly is the vector of disease sleeping sickness?

Tse tse fly


Identify vector that aids in the transmission of sleeping sickness?

tsetse fly


Is sleeping sickness a noninfectious disease?

No. But you get it from an insect vector, not another human being.


What are the two possible develoment stages of protozoans in which stage are the mojority of protozoan infections transmitted from host to host. Give 3 specific examples?

The two development stages are Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi. Trypanosoma brucei, they lived ib the blood stream. it's transmitted by an insect vector. It is mostly associated in Africa. The transmition vector is tsetsefly and it is caused by sleeping sickness. It bites and jnject. Trypanosoma cruzi also lives in the blood stream. It is an insector vector. It is associated in America. The insect that transmit is reduvid bug or kissing bettle. It causes sleeping sickness.


What vector aids in the transmission of slepping sickness?

The tsetse fly.


What are the main causes of death in ledcs?

infectious and vector diseases and natural causes.


What vector is used for Cystic fibrosis?

If by vector you mean the organism which causes it, there is none. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition.


What are some harmful protists?

Plasmodium. Bring malaria through their mosquito vector. Giardia. Cause intestinal problems for dogs and sometimes humans. Trypanosoma. Causes sleeping sickness.It is very harmful protista beause it can cause cancer.


What is the tsetse fly?

The tsetse fly is a large biting insect native to Africa, and it is dangerous because it has been identified as a disease vector. The fly bites victims to drink blood, and can infect that victim. A bitten individual may get sleeping sickness. Nagana, a disease affecting cattle, can be passed on to these herd animals. A link can be found below.