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Abstract
A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Rhodesian sleeping sickness in humans. It is carried by Glossina pallidipes, G. morsitans and occasionally other species of game-attacking tsetse flies.
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- Trypanosoma rhodesiense
- Trypanosoma brucei rhodesienses
- Trypanosoma rhodesienses
- brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma
- brucei rhodesienses, Trypanosoma
- rhodesienses, Trypanosoma
- rhodesienses, Trypanosoma brucei
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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 Rhodesian sleeping sickness; 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
92; was see TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI 1987-91; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE was see TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI 1987-91
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Previous Indexing
- Trypanosoma (1966-1986)
- Trypanosoma brucei brucei (1972-1991)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016833. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016833
- Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30216064