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What is an African disease that carries flies and starts with t?
Tsetse fly
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.
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 insect carries the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness?
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.
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.
What is the vector that transmits African sleeping sickness?
tsetse fly
Sleeping sickness is cause by what?
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) is caused by Tsetse fly.
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 has the author A A Kanthack written?
A. A. Kanthack has written: 'On nagana or tsetse fly disease' -- subject(s): Tsetse-flies 'A course of elementary practical bacteriology' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Is a tsetse fly a mammal or non mammal?
No flies are mammals.
Did the tsetse fly cause the black death?
Actually, fleas did. They spread on rats which attacked humans.
What does the tsetse fly transmit?
The tsetse fly is known to transmit a parasitic infection called trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals. This disease can be serious if left untreated, causing symptoms such as fever, headaches, joint pain, and in some cases, neurological problems.
