Question : Sleeping sickness disease spreads due to which of the following insects?
Option 1: Bedbugs
Option 2: Louse
Option 3: Tsetse fly
Option 4: Sandfly
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Correct Answer: Tsetse fly
Solution : The correct option is Tsetse fly .
Sleeping sickness, commonly known as African trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies. Tsetse flies are biting flies that are native to Sub-Saharan Africa. They act as vectors (transmitters) for the parasites that cause sleeping sickness. In the early stages of sleeping sickness, symptoms include fever, headache, joint discomfort, itching, swollen lymph nodes, and exhaustion.
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