Trypanosoma rangeli
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Trypanosoma rangeli is a species of Trypanosoma
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It is considered nonpathogenic in humans.
It has been proposed for use in the prevention of Chagas disease
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Trypanosoma
Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids , a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. The name is derived from the Greek trypano and soma because of their corkscrew-like motion. All trypanosomes are heteroxenous and are transmitted via a vector...
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It is considered nonpathogenic in humans.
It has been proposed for use in the prevention of Chagas disease
Chagas disease
Chagas disease is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the flagellate protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking insects of the subfamily Triatominae most commonly species belonging to the Triatoma, Rhodnius,...
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