Trypanocidal Agents
Trypanosoma cruzi
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.
Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
Trypanosomiasis, African
A disease endemic among people and animals in Central Africa. It is caused by various species of trypanosomes, particularly T. gambiense and T. rhodesiense. Its second host is the TSETSE FLY. Involvement of the central nervous system produces "African sleeping sickness." Nagana is a rapidly fatal trypanosomiasis of horses and other animals.
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense
Trypanosoma
Benzamidines
Trypanosomiasis
Infection with protozoa of the genus TRYPANOSOMA.