Causal organisms of sleeping sickness and kala-azar belong to which of the following groups of protozoan protists?

Amoeboid protozoans

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Flagellated protozoans

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Ciliated protozoans

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Sporozoans

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Solution

The correct option is B Flagellated protozoans
Trypanosoma gambiense causes Gambian sleeping sickness. The parasite is transmitted by blood sucking tse-tse fly (Glossina palpalis).

Leishmania donovani causes kala-azar or dum-dum fever (visceral leishmaniasis). The parasite is transmitted by sandfly (Phlebotomus argentipes) and other species.

Causal organisms of both the diseases belong to flagellated protozoans under kingdom Protista.

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