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.
E)Only one gene determining the antigenic nature of the glycoprotein coat is expressed at a time.

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The trypanosome causing African sleeping sickness does not infest red blood cells; instead, it circulates in the blood plasma and other tissues, making statement D incorrect in explaining why the disease has been difficult to control.

Which One of the Following Statements About the Trypanosome Causing