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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Trypanosomatidae —kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastida), amonophyletic group of unicellularparasitic flagellate protozoa having aspindle -shaped body with an undulating membrane on one side and a single flagellum, which infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including the fatalsleeping sickness in humans..
Etymologies
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There has been an advancement of transportation for this disease they include Trypanosoma is put into the class of kinetoplastida, they got the name Trypanosoma from Greek, for this name, when it was first discovered they called it, a cork-screw shape organism because of the way the body looked.
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There has been an advancement of transportation for this disease they include Trypanosoma is put into the class of kinetoplastida, they got the name Trypanosoma from Greek, for this name, when it was first discovered they called it, a cork-screw shape organism because of the way the body looked.
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The insect carries a protozoan parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which kills more people in the region each year than any other parasite-born disease, including malaria, Levy said.
Archive 2007-12-01 neochonetes 2007
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Observing the habitat of the Assassin bug and counting the number of bugs noted by exterminators has been tested as a very inexpensive, yet accurate method to determine if children need to be tested for the presence of the parasite, a protozoan called Trypanosoma cruzi.
Kiss of the Assassin neochonetes 2007
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The insect carries a protozoan parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which kills more people in the region each year than any other parasite-born disease, including malaria, Levy said.
Kiss of the Assassin neochonetes 2007
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Observing the habitat of the Assassin bug and counting the number of bugs noted by exterminators has been tested as a very inexpensive, yet accurate method to determine if children need to be tested for the presence of the parasite, a protozoan called Trypanosoma cruzi.
Archive 2007-12-01 neochonetes 2007
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The black rats were well adapted to this protozoan, known as Trypanosoma lewisi, but quite clearly, R. macleari and R. nativitatis were not.
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The black rats were well adapted to this protozoan, known as Trypanosoma lewisi, but quite clearly, R. macleari and R. nativitatis were not.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2008
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Trypanosoma gambiense is responsible for ninety percent of the reported cases of sleeping sickness.
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He infected mice and rabbits with Trypanosoma gondii, the parasite responsible for the dreaded sleeping sickness, then injected the animals with chemical derivatives to determine if any of them could halt the infection.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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