A bite of tsetse fly may pass (to humans)

Leishmania donovani

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Trypanosoma brucei

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Plasmodium vivax

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Solution

The correct option is A Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma brucei is a species of salivary trypanosome which causes African trypanosomiasis. It is also known as sleeping sickness in humans. Transmission of T. brucei between mammal hosts is usually by an insect vector, the tsetse fly.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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