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What causes sleeping sickness among people in Africa?

Correct answer D. Trypanosoma

Explanation

African sleeping sickness is caused by Trypanosoma brucei parasites, spread by the bite of the tsetse fly, which eventually invade the nervous system and disturb sleep.

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