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ORGANISM CLASSIFICATION TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSIS OTHER
Trypanosoma T. gambiense& rhode-
siense: Sleeping sickness.
T. cruzi: Chagas disease;
found in southern U.S.
Flagellate T. gambiense& rhode-
siense: tsetse fly.
T. cruzi: reduviid or
kissing bug.T. gambiense& rhodesiense: trypomastigote
in blood, lymph nodes, CSF. T. cruzi: trypo-
mastigote in blood; amastigote in RE cells,
myocardium, CNS.(From Leventhal R, Cheadle RF. Medical
Parasitology: A Self-Instructional Text,
5th ed. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 2002:109.)