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... > Eukaryota > Euglenozoa > Kinetoplastida > Trypanosomatina > Trypanosoma > Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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Trypanosoma brucei gambiense  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Gambian or West African sleeping sickness in humans. The vector host is usually the tsetse fly (Glossina).

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Entry terms

  • Trypanosoma gambiense
  • txid31285

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HNQRNT28-1

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