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\nSleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease caused by flagellate protozoa of the genus Trypanosoma. Specifically, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense cause the disease in humans. The parasite is transmitted through the bite of an infected tsetse fly.
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\nSleeping sickness is caused by parasites of the genus Trypanosoma.
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\nHistomonas meleagridis is a parasite that causes histomoniasis (“blackhead”) in poultry. Naegleria fowleri is a free-living amoeba that can cause a rare and fatal brain infection in humans. Angomonac is not a recognized parasitic genus.
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