Sleeping sickness is caused by the protozoan genus

Trypanosoma

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Entamoeba

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Euglena

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Plasmodium

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Solution

The correct option is A Trypanosoma
A flagellated, parasitic protozoan called Trypanosoma brucei causes sleeping sickness or Chagas disease in humans.

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