Trypanosoma equiperdum
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| Τrypanosoma equiperdum | |
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| Species: | T. equiperdum
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| Trypanosoma equiperdum Døflein, 1901
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Τrypanosoma equiperdum is a protozoan parasite that causes Dourine or covering sickness in horses and other animals in the family equidae. Genetic analyses have revealed T. equiperdum to be a derivative of Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of African trypanosomiasis.[1] Unlike T. brucei, T. equiperdum is spread primarily via sexual transmission, an adaptation that has allowed it to escape beyond the range of the tsetse fly and attain a cosmopolitan distribution. Mother-foal transmission has also been documented. Τhe donkey shows no symptoms but is a carrier of this parasite. Can be found in genital organs and secretions.
References
- ^ Lai, D. (2008). "Adaptations of Trypanosoma brucei to gradual loss of kinetoplast DNA: Trypanosoma equiperdum and Trypanosoma evansi are petite mutants of T. brucei". Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 105 (6): 1999–2004. doi:10.1073/pnas.0711799105. PMC 2538871. PMID 18245376.
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