Trypanosoma pestanai
| Trypanosoma pestanai | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Trypanosoma |
| Species: | T. pestanai |
| Binomial name | |
| Trypanosoma pestanai | |
Trypanosoma pestanai is a species of kinetoplastid trypanosomatid.[1]
It causes disease in the European badger (Meles meles). Its vector is the badger flea (Paraceras melis).[2]
References
- ↑ "Species Trypanosoma pestanai". UniProt. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ↑ Regina Lizundia; Chris Newman; Christina D. Buesching; Daniel Ngugi; Damer Blake; Yung Wa Sin; David W. Macdonald; Alan Wilson; Declan McKeever (February 14, 2011). "Evidence for a Role of the Host-Specific Flea (Paraceras melis) in the Transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European Badger". PLOS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016977.
| External identifiers for Trypanosoma pestanai | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 12153829 |
| NCBI | 78086 |
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