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- noun Plural form of
trypanosome .
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Tsetse flies infest about ten million square kilometres of Sub-Saharan Africa, where they transmit parasites known as trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis.
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Tsetse flies infest about ten million square kilometres of Sub-Saharan Africa, where they transmit parasites known as trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis.
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Tsetse flies infest about ten million square kilometres of Sub-Saharan Africa, where they transmit parasites known as trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis.
SciDev.Net 2010
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Tsetse flies infest about ten million square kilometres of Sub-Saharan Africa, where they transmit parasites known as trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis.
SciDev.Net 2010
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Tsetse flies infest about ten million square kilometres of Sub-Saharan Africa, where they transmit parasites known as trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis.
SciDev.Net 2010
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Trypan red—named after the trypanosomes, the spiral-shaped organisms that caused the disease—proved disappointing as a remedy; whatever it was doing to cure mice was not working in humans.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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Because it vaguely resembled the spiraling trypanosomes, it made sense to see whether compound 418, which had killed those germs so well, would also attack the syphilis spirochete.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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We had driven for hours to get to another clinic of hers, where people were getting spinal taps to see if the trypanosomes were on their way to the brain.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Instead, the trypanosomes carefully go through their lineup in a predetermined order.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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They include organisms separated by vast evolutionary gulfs from ourselves—trypanosomes and Giardia branched off on their own separate destinies at the dawn of the age of eukaryotes, over two billion years ago.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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