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

Preferred term

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • rhodesienses, Trypanosoma
  • Trypanosoma rhodesiense
  • Trypanosoma rhodesienses

Note

  • causes Rhodesian sleeping sickness; infection: coord IM with TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 92; was see TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI 1987-91; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE was see TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI 1987-91

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016833

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