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Abstract
A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Gambian or West African sleeping sickness in humans. The vector host is usually the tsetse fly (Glossina).
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- Trypanosoma gambiense
- Trypanosoma brucei gambienses
- Trypanosoma gambienses
- brucei gambiense, Trypanosoma
- brucei gambienses, Trypanosoma
- gambiense, Trypanosoma brucei
- gambienses, Trypanosoma
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
causes Gambian or West African sleeping sickness in several parts of Africa; infection: coord IM with TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN
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History Note
84; was TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE 1972-83
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Previous Indexing
- Trypanosoma (1966-1971)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014347. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014347
- Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9396337