The vector involved in African sleeping sickness is the

A. reduviid, "kissing," bug.
B. phlebotomine (sand) fly.
C. hard bodied tick.
D. tsetse fly.
E. Anopheles mosquito.


Answer: D

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What will be an ideal response?

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The specimen for an electron microscope is always

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