Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The vector of sleeping sickness is:

house fly

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sand fly

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mosquito

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tsetse fly

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Solution

The correct option is D tsetse fly
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense are the two parasites causes sleeping sickness. Tsetse flies which acts as a carrier of the infection.
So, the correct option is 'tsetse fly'.

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