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Trypanosoma in a blood smear of an infected person

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1  erythrocyte
2  Trypanosome
3  flagellum
4  nucleus
5  fold of the pelicle

English name: Trypanosoma
Scientific name: Trypanosoma sp.
Familia: Trypanosomidae
Classis: Sarcomastigophora
Phylum: Protozoa
Regnum: Protista

Trypanosoma causes human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). The most common vector is the tsetse fly (Glossina sp.).


last modified: 5 Jun 2014