A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that ... researchers showed that Trypanosoma brucei essentially ...

Chagas d isease, which is otherwise known as American trypanosomiasis, is a tropical parasitic disease caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite. It is commonly referred to as the "silent illness ...

What Is Sleeping Sickness? Sleeping sickness is caused by the Trypanosoma parasites transmitted to humans and animals by infected tsetse flies. Early symptoms include fever, headaches, and joint pain.

Chagas disease is an infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Animals and people normally get Chagas disease by ... The insect vectors are called triatomine bugs or “kissing bugs” or “chinches”.