Trypanosome

Trypanosome refers to the order Trypanosomatid and some of its members:

Trypanosomatid - an order within Kinetoplastida.
Trypanosoma - a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes.
Trypanosoma brucei - a major human pathogen causing sleeping sickness.
Trypanosoma cruzi - a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
A morphological class of trypanosomatid with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.

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