The microbial eukaryotes that are responsible for sleeping sickness and those that are responsible for malaria
A) are both alveolates.
B) both have gametocyte life stages.
C) cause the same symptoms.
D) both have insect vectors for transmission to humans.
E) are both trypanosomes

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Both the microbial eukaryotes responsible for sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei) and those responsible for malaria (Plasmodium species) are transmitted to humans by insect vectors (tsetse flies and mosquitoes, respectively).

The Microbial Eukaryotes That Are Responsible for Sleeping Sickness and Those