After a Particularly Warm and Wet Summer, There Is a Spike

question 188

Multiple Choice

After a particularly warm and wet summer, there is a spike in the population of tsetse flies in a rural sub-Saharan village.Many of the inhabitants begin to complain of fever and aching muscles.What might be the cause of their suffering?

• A) The increase in tsetse flies has created more insect vectors for the kinetoplastid Trypanosoma brucei, resulting in more individuals struck by the sleeping sickness.
• B) An increase in Trypanosoma brucei has provided the tsetse fly with an additional food supply, and the flies are now able to multiply more rapidly and bite more individuals.
• C) Tsetse flies thrive on blood meals; their increase is a result of feeding on immunocompromised individuals.
• D) Tsetse fly larvae attract water molds, resulting in contamination of the water supply and subsequent infection of humans by oomycete pathogens.
• E) None of the above; the presence of the kinetoplastid Trypanosoma brucei is not related to the increase in the number of people suffering from the symptoms described.

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