Trypanosoma gambiense is spread by

Aedes aegyptii

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Culex fatigans

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Stomoxys calcitrans

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Glossina palpalis

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Solution

The correct option is D Glossina palpalis
Sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma gambiense) is transmitted to human by tsetse fly (genus Glossina). Trypanosoma then multiplies in subcutaneous tissue, blood, and lymph. In second stage it crosses the blood-brain barrier and infects central nervous system.

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