BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM PROTISTA
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Question
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All apicomplexans (sporozoans) are parasitic.
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All Protista are eukaryotic organisms; many are unicellular or colonial.
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Euglenophyta have a pigment system similar to that of green algae.
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The organism that causes malaria is transmitted to humans by the bite of tsetse fly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A person will get East African trypanosomiasis if he or she is bitten by a tsetse fly infected with the Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense parasite. The proportion of tsetse flies that are infected with this parasite is low. The tsetse fly is found only in rural Africa.
Detailed explanation-2: -African trypanosomiasis, also called sleeping sickness, is a disease caused by a parasite. People can get this parasite when an infected Tsetse fly bites them. Symptoms include fatigue, high fever, headaches, and muscle aches. If the disease is not treated, it can cause death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Parasites-African Trypanosomiasis (also known as Sleeping Sickness) African Trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping sickness”, is caused by microscopic parasites of the species Trypanosoma brucei. It is transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina species), which is found only in sub-Saharan Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tsetse flies are exclusively found in sub-Saharan Africa between latitudes 14° N and 20° S. They belong to the genus Glossina which is usually divided into three species groups. The fusca group includes several vectors of livestock trypanosomes.