Trypanosoma congolense
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| Trypanosoma congolense | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastida |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Trypanosoma |
| Species: | T. congolense |
| Binomial name | |
| Trypanosoma congolense Broden, 1904 |
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Trypanosoma congolense is a species of trypanosomes and is the major pathogen responsible for the disease nagana in cattle and other animals including sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, as well as laboratory mice. It is the most common cause of nagana in east Africa, but is also a major cause of nagana in west Africa. This parasite is spread by tsetse flies. In its mammalian host, Trypanosoma congolense only lives in blood vessels, and causes in particular anaemia.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ African Animal Trypanosomiasis, USAHA gray book, 6th ed. (1998).
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