| Trypanosoma in a blood smear of an infected person |
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2 Trypanosome
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English name: Trypanosoma
Scientific name: Trypanosoma sp.
Familia: Trypanosomidae
Classis: Sarcomastigophora
Phylum: Protozoa
Regnum: Protista
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| Trypanosoma causes human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). The most common vector is the tsetse fly (Glossina sp.). |