Types of Trypanosomiasis

Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic kinetoplastid belonging to the genus Trypanosoma. The parasite is the cause of a vector-borne disease of vertebrate animals, including humans, carried by genera of tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa. In humans T. brucei causes African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness.

African Trypanosomiasis. African trypanosomiasis is caused by Trypanosoma brucei and Trypanosoma congolense. These organisms are transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina species), which are only found in Africa.

Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoids. Amongst the protozoa, the trypanosomes characteristically bore tissue in another organism and feed on blood (primarily) and also lymph.

Trypanosoma is a genus of kinetoplastids (class Kinetoplastida), a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. The name is derived from the Greek trypano-(borer) and soma (body) because of their corkscrew-like motion.

Trypanosoma evansi is a protozoan, the etiological agent of the disease known as "Mal das cadeiras" or "Surra" in horses (17).

Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by two subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei brucei, namely Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.

Protozoan hemoflagellates belonging to the complex Trypanosoma brucei. Two subspecies that are morphologically indistinguishable cause distinct disease patterns in humans: T. b. gambiense causes West African sleeping sickness and T. b. rhodesiense causes East African sleeping sickness.