American Trypanosomiasis (World Class Parasites)
Contributors: Kevin M. Tyler (Editor); Michael A. Miles (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781402073236
Subjects: Infectious & contagious diseases; Zoology & animal sciences; Medical / Nursing; Infectious And Parasitic Diseases; prevention & control; Medical; Trypanosomiasis; Parasitology; Infectious Diseases; Genetics; Medical / Parasitology; Medical-Infectious Diseases; Science / Zoology; Chagas' disease; Chagas Disease; Trypanosoma cruzi
First sentence: The etiologic agent of the chronic and often fatal Chagas disease is the American trypanosome, Trvpanosoma cruzi, a flagellated protozoan of the order Kinetoplastida.