Which of the following is the causative agent of East African trypanosomiasis?

Trypanosoma cruzi

Trypanosoma vivax

Trypanosoma brucei rhodanese

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

The correct answer will be option-Trypanosoma brucei rhodanese.

Explanation:

African trypanosomiasis is an insect-borne disease in the African continent which is also known as sleeping sickness.

This disease is named on the basis of a part in which they were found in the continent like the disease found in the east is known as east African trypanosomiasis which is caused by the type of Trypanosoma brucei protozoa called Trypanosoma brucei rhodanese which is carried by the tsetse fly found only in rural parts of Africa.

Thus, option-Trypanosoma brucei rhodanese is the correct answer