Which one of the following statements about the trypanosome causing African sleeping sickness does not explain why the disease has been difficult to control?
A)Trypanosomes have a protective glycoprotein coat.
B)Trypanosomes have many variable antigen genes.
C)Rearrangement of antigen genes takes place during the asexual cycle.
D)By infesting the red blood cells, trypanosomes can "hide" from the immune system.

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Trypanosomes do not infest red blood cells; they remain in the bloodstream and evade the immune system by frequently changing their surface glycoproteins, not by hiding in red blood cells.

Which One of the Following Statements About the Trypanosome Causing