Chagas disease is caused by:

a. Trypanosoma rangeli.
b. Trypanosoma cruzi.
c. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.
d. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense.


B
T. cruzi, which belongs to the family Schizotrypanum and is confined to the American continent, produces A6merican trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease).

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1.True 2.False

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