Trypanosoma brucei brucei
Synonyms
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma brucei bruceus
Trypanosoma bruceus
brucei brucei, Trypanosoma
brucei, Trypanosoma brucei
bruceus, Trypanosoma
bruceus, Trypanosoma brucei
A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes nagana in domestic and game animals in Africa. It apparently does not infect humans. It is transmitted by bites of tsetse flies (Glossina).