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What diseases are caused by medically important trypanosomes? (Astronomy · 2.56). The early symptoms include confusion, difficulty sleeping, and lack of coordi…
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"fatal. Chagas’ disease originated and is most common in Latin America. The disease is transmitted by Triatoma spp., insects often called “kissing bugs,” and affects either the heart tissue or tissues of the digestive system. Untreated cases can eventually lead to heart failure or significant digestive or neurological disorders. The genus Leishmania includes trypanosomes that cause disfiguring skin disease and sometimes systemic illness as well. BASIC MICROBIOLOGY 141\n\nFigure 2.56: Trypanosoma brucei , the causative agent of African trypanosomiasis, spends part of its life cycle in the tsetse fly and part in humans. Figure description available at the end of the chapter."
