by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 (Figures 1-33 through 1-35) ETYMOLOGY: This parasite is named after Dr. Cruzi, the director of the Institute in which Dr. chagas worked. SYNONYMS:Schizotrypanum cruzi Chagas, 1909; Trypanosoma triatomae Kofoid and McCulloch, 1916....
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma congolense Broden, 1904 (Figure 1-32) ETYMOLOGY: This parasite is named after the Congo location in which it was first observed. SYNONYMS:Trypanosoma dimorphon Laveran & Mesnil, 1904; Trypanosoma nanum Laveran, 1905; Trypanosom confusum Montgomery...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma evansi (Steel, 1885) Balbiani, 1888 (Figure 1-31) ETYMOLOGY: This parasite is named after Dr. Griffith Evans, the British veterinarian who discovered the parasite. SYNONYMS:Spirochaete evansi Steel, 1885; Trypanosoma elmassiani Lignières, 1902;...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma gambiense Dutton, 1902 (Figure 1-30) ETYMOLOGY: This parasite was named after its location along the Gambia river in West Africa. SYNONYMS:Trypanosoma ugandense Castellani, 1903; Trypanosome castellanii, Kruse, 1903; Trypanosoma hominis Manson, 1903;...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma brucei Plimmer and Bradford, 1899 Trypanosoma brucei is morphologically indistinguishable from Trypanosoma gambiense and Trypanosoma rhodesiense. Together, these three parasites are considered to form a tsetse transmitted complex (see Hoare, 1967), of...
