Medical Definition of Trypanosomatidae

1. A protozoan family of haemoflagellates (order Kinetoplastida, class Zoomastigophorea, subphylum Mastigophora); asexual blood and/or tissue parasites of leeches, insects, and vertebrates and sap inhabitants of plants, characterised by a rounded or elongate form, a single nucleus, elongate mitochondrion (its position in relation to the nucleus is a characteristic of each genus), and an anteriorly directed single flagellum (in some genera, it borders an undulating membrane). Trypanosomatidae includes the genera Crithidia, Herpetomonas, Leptomonas, and Blastocrithidia, all of which are monogenetic and found in insects, and Phytomonas (found in plants), Endotrypanum, Leishmania, and Trypanosoma, all of which are digenetic; Leishmania and Trypanosoma include important pathogens of man and animals. Many trypanosomes pass through developmental or life cycle stages similar to the body forms characteristic of the genera; these forms include amastigote, choanomastigote, opisthomastigote, promastigote, epimastigote, and trypomastigote. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trypanosomatidae

Trypanosoma equiperdum
Trypanosoma escomelis
Trypanosoma evansi
Trypanosoma gambiense
Trypanosoma hippicum
Trypanosoma hominis
Trypanosoma ignotum
Trypanosoma melophagium
Trypanosoma rangeli
Trypanosoma rhodesiense
Trypanosoma simiae
Trypanosoma suis
Trypanosoma theileri
Trypanosoma triatomae
Trypanosoma ugandense
Trypetidae
Tryphena
Três Lagoas
Tsakhur
Tsakonian
Tsaritsyn
Tshiluba
Tsimané
Tsimshian
Tsinandali
Tsingtao
Tskhinval
Tskhinvali
Tsonga

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