RT Book, Section
A1 Kirchhoff, Louis V.
A1 Rassi, Jr, Anis
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141413463
T1 CHAGAS DISEASE AND AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141413463
RD 2024/10/09
AB Although  the  genus  Trypanosoma  contains  many  species  of  protozoans,  only  T.  cruzi,  T.  brucei  gambiense,  and  T.  brucei  rhodesiense  cause  disease  in  humans.  T.  cruzi  is  the  etiologic  agent  of  Chagas  disease  in  the  Americas;  T.  b.  gambiense  and  T.  b.  rhodesiense  cause  African  trypanosomiasis.