The disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi is:
A. Sleeping sickness
B. Leishmaniasis
C. Chagas disease
D. Malaria
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Chagas disease is caused by T. cruzi, transmitted by triatomine bugs. Sleeping sickness is T. brucei, malaria Plasmodium, leishmaniasis Leishmania.

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