Structured Summary
Abstract
A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA).
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8 entry terms
- Trypanosomatidae
- Trypanosomatinas
- Blastocrithidia
- Herpetomonas
- Leptomonas
- Blastocrithidias
- Herpetomona
- Leptomona
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17 allowable subheadings
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
infection: coordinate IM with EUGLENOZOA INFECTIONS (IM); coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent
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History Note
92; was TRYPANOSOMATIDAE 1986-91
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- Trypanosoma (1966-1985)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Trypanosomatina. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014351. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014351
- Trypanosomatina. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20403729