Sleeping sickness is caused by .

Trypanosoma

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The correct option is A Trypanosoma
Sleeping sickness is caused by a protozoan called Trypanosoma brucei. This disease spreads through infected tse-tse fly, a species native to Africa.
It affects the cental nervous system and people affected experience a change in their biological clock.

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