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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Trypanosomiasis is generally used to refer to African human trypanosomiasis, also known as African sleeping sickness. African sleeping sickness is an infectious disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and transmitted by the tsetse fly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trypanosomiasis or trypanosomosis is the name of several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma. In humans this includes African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease.

Detailed explanation-4: -African trypanosomiasis is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in West and Central Africa and by T. b. rhodesiense in East Africa; tsetse flies are the main vector. There are 3 stages of disease: cutaneous, hemolymphatic, and CNS (sleeping sickness).