Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoid trypanosomes that causes trypanosomiasis diseases in humans and other animals in South America. Transmission occurs when a triatomine bug deposits its feces on the host`s skin surface and subsequently bites it. When the human or animal host scratches the bite area, penetration of the infected ....
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(from the article `drug`) Trypanosomes are flagellated protozoans that cause a number of diseases. Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is treated with ... infection with the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted to humans by bloodsucking reduviid bugs and is endemic in most rural ... About 20...
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The agent of south american trypanosomiasis or chagas disease. Its vertebrate hosts are man and various domestic and wild animals. Insects of several species are vectors. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a species that causes South American trypanosomiasis and is endemic in Mexico and various countries of Central and South America; transmission and infection are common only where the triatomine bug vector defecates while taking blood, because the bug's feces contain the infective agents that are scratched into the skin or...
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Trypanosoma cruzi: The parasitic microorganism that causes Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease.
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