Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 21 - Protist Evolution and Diversity - Assess - Page 394: 13

Answer

b. Trypanosoma

Work Step by Step

Trypanosomes are parasitic kinetoplastids. They are passed on to humans through insect bites. Trypanosoma brucei is the cause of African sleeping sickness and Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease. Therefore, the genus of protists that causes African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease is b. Trypanosoma.
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