Trypanosoma

Examples of Trypanosoma in the following topics:

• Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis)

  • Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted via the reduviid bug.
  • Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.
  • The bug then proceeds to defecate on the person, passing Trypanosoma cruzi parasites in its feces in posterior station infection.

• African Trypanosomiasis

  • Human African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness, African lethargy, or Congo trypanosomiasis is a parasitic disease of people and animals, caused by protozoa of the species Trypanosoma brucei and transmitted by the tsetse fly.
  • Here is an outline of the life cycle of the protozoa Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite responsible for African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).
  • Outline the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei and its route of transmission that causes African trypanosomiasis

• Excavata

  • The human parasite, Trypanosoma brucei, belongs to a different subgroup of Euglenozoa, the kinetoplastids.
  • Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of sleeping sickness, spends part of its life cycle in the tsetse fly and part in humans.

• Diagnosing Microbial Diseases

  • The parasite responsible for Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, requires a vector for diagnosis.
  • Once the blood is taken, the bug will be analyzed for Trypanosoma cruzi growth.

• Myocarditis and Endocarditis

  • Myocarditis is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19, less commonly nonviral pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease) or Trypanosoma cruzi, or as a hypersensitivity response to drugs.
  • Worldwide, however, the most common cause is Chagas' disease, an illness endemic to Central and South America that is due to infection by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi.

• Microbial Evasion of Phagocytosis

  • The protozoan parasites Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Leishmania infect macrophages, and each has a unique way of taming them.

• Protists as Human Pathogens

  • Trypanosoma brucei, the parasite that is responsible for African sleeping sickness, confounds the human immune system by changing its thick layer of surface glycoproteins with each infectious cycle .

• Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory

  • Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), also come under this level.