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Trypanosoma

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Encyclopedia of Parasitology
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Name

Greek: trypanon = piercing structure, soma = body.

Classification

Genus of Trypanosomatidae.

Important Species

Table 1.

Table 1 Important Trypanosoma spp. parasitizing humans and domestic animals

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(2008). Trypanosoma. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48996-2_3302

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