Trypanosoma

E727693
genus parasitic protozoan

Trypanosoma is a genus of parasitic protozoa best known for causing diseases such as African sleeping sickness and Chagas disease in humans and other animals.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Trypanosoma brucei 1
Trypanosoma cruzi 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
parasitic protozoan ⓘ
associatedWith Neglected tropical diseases NERFINISHED ⓘ
causesDisease African trypanosomiasis ⓘ
American trypanosomiasis ⓘ
Chagas disease ⓘ
Nagana in cattle ⓘ
Surra in animals ⓘ
sleeping sickness ⓘ
cellType unicellular eukaryote ⓘ
class Kinetoplastea NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy David Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ
domain Eukarya ⓘ
surface form: Eukaryota
family Trypanosomatidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Latin America NERFINISHED ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ
hasMorphologicalForm amastigote ⓘ
epimastigote ⓘ
trypomastigote ⓘ
hasOrganelle kinetoplast ⓘ
hasSpecies Trypanosoma brucei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma congolense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma cruzi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma equiperdum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma evansi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma rangeli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma vivax NERFINISHED ⓘ
hostType invertebrate vectors ⓘ
vertebrate hosts ⓘ
kingdom Protista NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSpecies Trypanosoma brucei gambiense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trypanosoma cruzi NERFINISHED ⓘ
order Trypanosomatida NERFINISHED ⓘ
parasitizes domestic animals ⓘ
humans ⓘ
mammals ⓘ
wild animals ⓘ
pathogenicTo cattle ⓘ
horses ⓘ
humans ⓘ
phylum Euglenozoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproduction asexual reproduction ⓘ
binary fission ⓘ
transmittedBy Triatomine bugs ⓘ
biting flies ⓘ
blood-sucking insects ⓘ
tsetse flies ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Excavata → includesTaxon → Trypanosoma ⓘ
Excavata → includesTaxon → Trypanosoma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trypanosoma brucei
Excavata → includesTaxon → Trypanosoma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trypanosoma cruzi