Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Synonyms

Trypanosoma brucei rhodesienses

Trypanosoma rhodesiense

Trypanosoma rhodesienses

brucei rhodesiense, Trypanosoma

brucei rhodesienses, Trypanosoma

rhodesienses, Trypanosoma

rhodesienses, Trypanosoma brucei

A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes Rhodesian sleeping sickness in humans. It is carried by Glossina pallidipes, G. morsitans and occasionally other species of game-attacking tsetse flies.