Research topic: trypanosomiasis

trypanosomiasis , infectious disease caused by a protozoan organism, the trypanosome , which exists as a parasite in the blood of a number of vertebrate hosts. The three variations of the disease that predominate in humans are transmitted by an insect vector. Two types of African sleeping sickness are caused, respectively, by Trypanosoma rhodesiense and T. gambiense, both transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly . South American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas' disease , is caused by T. cruzi, which is the most common cause of heart disease in South America. It is transmitted... Read more