Medical Definition of Trypanosoma

1. Genus of Protozoa that causes serious infections in humans and domestic animals. African trypanosomes, of the brucei group, are carried by Tsetse flies and, when they enter the bloodstream of the mammalian host go through a complex series of stages. Perhaps the most interesting feature is that there are recurrent bouts of parasitaemia as the parasite alters its surface antigens to evade the immune response of the host (see antigenic variation). The repertoire of antigenic variation is considerable. The s.American trypanosomes (of which T. Cruzi is the best known) are carried by reduviid bugs and cause a chronic and incurable disease. Other interesting features of trypansomes are the kinetoplast DNA and glycosomes (organelles containing enzymes of the glycolytic chain). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trypanosoma

tryingly
tryings
trying on
tryma
trymata
tryout
tryouts
tryp
trypanicidal
trypanicide
trypanid
trypanocidal
trypanocidal agents
trypanocide
Trypanoplasma
Trypanosoma (current term)
trypanosomatid
Trypanosomatidae
trypanosomatina
Trypanosoma avium
Trypanosoma brucei
trypanosoma brucei brucei
trypanosoma brucei gambiense
trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
trypanosoma congolense
trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosoma dimorphon
Trypanosoma equinum
Trypanosoma equiperdum
Trypanosoma escomelis

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