Eukaryote
trypanosoma cruzi
Subclass of:
Trypanosoma
Definitions related to trypanosoma cruzi:
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A species of parasitic euglenoid protozoan in the family Trypanosomatidae. T. cruzi is passed between mammalian hosts through the feces of a triatomine insect vector. Infection in humans causes Chagas disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Trypanosoma cruzi.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Etiologic agent of Chaga's disease in humans; vertebrate hosts include wild and domestic mammals throughout the Americas, and humans; several species of reduviid bugs are vectors.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The agent of South American trypanosomiasis or CHAGAS DISEASE. Its vertebrate hosts are man and various domestic and wild animals. Insects of several species are vectors.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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