The
tsetse fly,
Glossina morsitans, is a fly (order
Diptera) that eats blood from animals, including humans. The tsetse fly can carry the
protozoa human
pathogen Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African
sleeping sickness. Tsetse flies have specialized cells that contain bacterial
endosymbionts.
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