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Assertion :Monkey acts as a reservoir host for the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness. Reason: Reservoir host lodges the infective stages of the parasite, when the primary host is not available.
Assertion :Monkey acts as a reservoir host for the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness. Reason: Reservoir host lodges the infective stages of the parasite, when the primary host is not available.
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The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
The parasite that causes African sleeping sickness is Trypanosoma brucei. Other than humans, animals are also affected by this disease. Animals, like wild and domestic animals acts as reservoir host for this parasite. Monkey acts as a reservoir host for the parasite Entamoeba histolytica which causes dysentery. A reservoir host is the host in which the pathogen remains in it when primary host is not available but do not get the disease which is carried by that pathogen. Thus, the correct option is D.
The parasite that causes African sleeping sickness is Trypanosoma brucei. Other than humans, animals are also affected by this disease. Animals, like wild and domestic animals acts as reservoir host for this parasite. Monkey acts as a reservoir host for the parasite Entamoeba histolytica which causes dysentery. A reservoir host is the host in which the pathogen remains in it when primary host is not available but do not get the disease which is carried by that pathogen.
Thus, the correct option is D.
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