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

Preferred term

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Rhodesian sleeping sickness in humans. It is carried by Glossina pallidipes, G. morsitans and occasionally other species of game-attacking tsetse flies.

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Entry terms

  • Trypanosoma rhodesiense
  • txid31286

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MJXHRW0K-8

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