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.