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Which human pathogen is a flagellate protozoan ?

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Euglena
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Trypanosoma
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Plasmodium
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Entamoeba
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Solution

The correct option is B Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma

Flagellated protozoans can be free-living or parasitic, possessing flagella. Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids, a parasitic form. Trypanosoma brucei is a pathogen that causes the disease sleeping sickness.

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