Taber's Medical Dictionary
Trypanosoma
(tri-pan″ŏ-sō-mă)
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A genus of parasitic, flagellate protozoa found in the blood of many vertebrates, including humans. The protozoa are transmitted by insect vectors. The only two species relevant for disease in humans are T. brucei and T. cruzi.
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI (Orig. mag. × 1000)
TRYPANOSOMA (center) IN BLOOD (Orig. mag. ×1000)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Trypanosoma." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770299/all/Trypanosoma.
Trypanosoma. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770299/all/Trypanosoma. Accessed February 22, 2025.
Trypanosoma. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770299/all/Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 22]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770299/all/Trypanosoma.
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