Trypanosomes: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Trypanosomes are unicellular eukaryotic parasites equipped with a flagellum and are also classified as protozoa. Found worldwide, trypanosomes have slender cell bodies and are classified by the exit point of their flagella. Characteristic of these agents of some tropical diseases, such as sleeping sickness, is the obligatory host switching between an invertebrate vector and a … Trypanosomes: Infection, Transmission & Diseases