What is Trypanosoma?
Q: What is Trypanosoma?
A: Trypanosoma is a parasitic protozoa genus in the class Kinetoplastida.
Q: How are trypanosomes transmitted?
A: Trypanosomes are usually transmitted by blood-feeding invertebrates.
Q: Do trypanosomes live in the same place in their different hosts?
A: No, in an invertebrate host, trypanosomes are generally found in the intestine, but in their mammalian host they usually live in the bloodstream or inside cells.
Q: What is the mitochondrial genome of trypanosomes made of?
A: The mitochondrial genome of trypanosomes, and other kinetoplastids, is made of a highly complex series of circles and minicircles.
Q: What is required for the organisation of trypanosomes during cell division?
A: Many proteins are required for the organisation of trypanosomes during cell division.
Q: What kind of diseases do trypanosomes cause?
A: Trypanosomes infect a variety of hosts and cause various diseases, including the fatal human diseases sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei, and Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi.
Q: Do trypanosomes require only one particular host to complete their life cycle?
A: No, all trypanosomes are need more than one particular host to complete life cycle.
