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).
Entry Term(s)
Trypanosoma gambiense
Registry Number
txid31285
Previous Indexing
Trypanosoma (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note
84; was TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE 1972-83
Online Note
use TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE to search TRYPANOSOMA GAMBIENSE 1972-83
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).
