Haemoflagellates

• Lec.5

• Flagellata
• Haemoflagellates

Trypanosoma brucei

African trypanosomiasis – sleeping sickness

T. brucei gambiense (Gambian sleeping sickness)

T. brucei rhodesiense (Rhodesian sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma cruzi,
American typansosmiasis (Chagas' disease)

T. b. gambiense

West African sleeping sickness


T. b. rhodesiense

East African sleeping sickness.

Trypanosoma bruci:

Haemoflagellates

Trypanosoma cruzi
Dr. Amal KH. KH.
PhD. Medical Parasitology

Morphology

Class : Ciliata

Balantidium coli

Route of transmission

Dr. Amal KH. KH.

PhD. Medical Parasitology