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Microbiology General 5718e593

Chagas disease and is transmitted by the following:

A
Kissing bugs
B
Tsetse flies
C
Dogs
D
Birds
High-Yield Explanation
Chagas disease is transmitted by tsetse flies. There are two distinct types of human trypanosomes: African, which causes sleeping sickness and is transmitted by tsetse flies (eg, Glossina): Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; American, which causes Chagas disease and is transmitted by kissing bugs (eg, Triatoma): Trypanosoma cruzi. Ref: (2013). Chapter 46. Medical Parasitology. In Brooks G.F., Carroll K.C., Butel J.S., Morse S.A., Mietzner T.A. (Eds), Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology, 26e.

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