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Trypanosoma brucei common name?
A common name for Trypanosoma brucei is African sleeping sickness parasite.
What is the classification of Trypanosoma brucei?
Trypanosoma brucei is classified under the kingdom Protista, phylum Euglenozoa, class Kinetoplastida, order Trypanosomatida, and family Trypanosomatidae.
Is Trypanosoma brucei a heterotroph or an autotroph?
heterotroph
How do you pronounce trypanosoma brucei gambiense and rhodesiense?
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is pronounced "trip-uh-noh-SOH-muh broo-SEE-eye gam-bee-EN-see" and trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense is pronounced "trip-uh-noh-SOH-muh broo-SEE-eye roh-DEE-see-ense."
Is trypanosoma brucei gambiense unicellular?
Yes, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is a unicellular parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans. It belongs to the group of protozoa known as trypanosomes.
14 Which specific organism causes African sleeping sickness?
Trypanosoma brucei
What is examples of host?
zebra, sheep, cattle, horses, cows, and humans in trypanosoma brucei gambiense
What is example of reservoir hosts?
zebra, sheep, cattle, horses, cows, and humans in trypanosoma brucei gambiense
What are the two possible develoment stages of protozoans in which stage are the mojority of protozoan infections transmitted from host to host. Give 3 specific examples?
The two development stages are Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma cruzi. Trypanosoma brucei, they lived ib the blood stream. it's transmitted by an insect vector. It is mostly associated in Africa. The transmition vector is tsetsefly and it is caused by sleeping sickness. It bites and jnject. Trypanosoma cruzi also lives in the blood stream. It is an insector vector. It is associated in America. The insect that transmit is reduvid bug or kissing bettle. It causes sleeping sickness.
What protozoan is responsible for African sleeping sickness?
The common name is African Trypanosomaisis. It is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
What is gambiense?
Gambiense is a subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei, the causative parasite of African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is responsible for causing the chronic form of the disease, mainly affecting humans in West and Central Africa. It is transmitted through the bite of infected tsetse flies.
How does trypanosoma brucei differ from bacteria and multi-celled parasites?
Trypanosoma brucei (cause of sleeping sickness) is a protist with a flagella. It is a eukaryote. It is carried by the tsetse fly and humans. Bacteria are prokarocytes and don't have membrane bound organelles. The other parasite mentioned are different and have many cells. For example, tapeworms.
