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Eukaryota > Euglenozoa > Kinetoplastida > Trypanosomatina

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Trypanosomatina  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Trypanosomatidae

Note

  • infection: coordinate IM with EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).

History note

  • 92; was TRYPANOSOMATIDAE 1986-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014351

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