Question

Name the organism causing the following disease first Kala Azar second sleeping sickness

Answer 1

Organism causing Kala Azar: Leishmania donovani

Organism causing Sleeping sickness: Trypanosoma brucei

Answer 2

Kala Azar And Sleeping Sickness

Explanation:

Kala Azar:

• It is also known as Visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
• It is caused by the Leishmania which is a parasite found and transmitted through the bite of  female phlebotomine sand-flies which feeds on blood to produce eggs.

• It is a fatal disease which is untreated in about 95% of the cases that have been reported.
• The symptoms of this disease are non-uniform cycle of fever, anaemia, dramatic loss of weight, and inflammation in spleen as well as in liver.

Sleeping Sickness:

• Sleeping sickness is also known as African Trypanosomiasis.
• It is caused by the species Trypanosoma brucei which are microscopic parasites.
• The vector of this disease is the tsetse fly (Glossina species) that is  specifically found in sub-Saharan Africa only.
• Symptoms of sleeping sickness are pain in the joints or muscles, insomnia or sleepiness, muscle loss and weakness or weight loss. Some other common symptoms are: fever, personality change, itching, headache, mental confusion, skin rash, or swollen lymph nodes.