What is the classification of Trypanosoma brucei?
Kinetoplastida
Trypanosoma brucei/Class
What is the difference between Trypanosoma Gambiense and Rhodesiense?
rhodesiense trypanosomiasis is a zoonosis, and cattle the main animal reservoir. In contrast, T. b. gambiense trypanosomiasis results essentially from man-to-man transmission, and the animal reservoir plays a role in sustaining the disease only in low-incidence areas.
Which species of Trypanosoma is not a human pathogen?
Trypanosoma brucei brucei (as well as related species T. equiperdum and T. evansi) is not human infective because it is susceptible to innate immune system ‘trypanolytic’ factors present in the serum of some primates, including humans.
Where is Trypanosoma brucei Rhodesiense found?
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is found in 24 countries in west and central Africa. This form currently accounts for 95% of reported cases of sleeping sickness and causes a chronic infection.
What is common about Trypanosoma noctiluca Monocystis and Giardia?
A. Trypanosoma, Noctiluca, Monocystis and Giardia are all unicellular protists. Trypanosoma gambiense is the single celled, parasitic zooflagellate causing trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness. Trypanosoma gambiense is the single celled, parasitic zooflagellate causing trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness.
Is T cruzi extracellular?
Trypanosoma cruzi is the obligate intracellular parasite that causes Chagas disease. The pathogenesis of this disease is a multifactorial complex process that involves a large number of molecules and particles, including the extracellular vesicles.
Is Trypanosoma intracellular?
Whereas Trypanosoma cruzi and different species of Leishmania are obligate intracellular parasites, Trypanosoma brucei and other trypanosomatids develop extracellularly throughout their entire life cycle.
Where is Trypanosoma found in the body?
This disease is caused by Trypanosoma brucei, a unicellular parasite that lives in the blood, lymphatic system, and interstitial spaces of organs (reviewed in Kennedy, 2013).