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- noun Any of a group of
parasitic flagellate protozoa , of the class Kinetoplastida, responsible for severaldiseases in humans and animals
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Simpson AGB, Stevens JR, Lukes J (2006) The evolution and diversity of kinetoplastid flagellates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mariana M. Hecht et al. 2010
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Trypanosoma - Trypanosomatidae is the family this trypanosome ids from, comprising kinetoplastid flagellates that as adults are elongated and somewhat spindle-shaped, have a posteriorly arising flagellum which passes forward at the margin of anundulating membrane and emerges near the anterior end of the body as a short free flagellum, and are parasitic in the blood or rarely the tissues of vertebrates, that in the development phase whichoccurs in the digestive tract of a blood-sucking invertebrate and usually an insect pass through a series of changes comparable to the typical forms of members of the genera Leishmania, Leptomonas, and
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* Trypanosoma - Trypanosomatidae is the family this trypanosome ids from, comprising kinetoplastid flagellates that as adults are elongated and somewhat spindle-shaped, have a posteriorly arising flagellum which passes forward at the margin of anundulating membrane and emerges near the anterior end of the body as a short free flagellum, and are parasitic in the blood or rarely the tissues of vertebrates, that in the development phase whichoccurs in the digestive tract of a blood-sucking invertebrate and usually an insect pass through a series of changes comparable to the typical forms of members of the genera Leishmania, Leptomonas, and
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Trypanosoma - Trypanosomatidae is the family this trypanosome ids from, comprising kinetoplastid flagellates that as adults are elongated and somewhat spindle-shaped, have a posteriorly arising flagellum which passes forward at the margin of anundulating membrane and emerges near the anterior end of the body as a short free flagellum, and are parasitic in the blood or rarely the tissues of vertebrates, that in the development phase whichoccurs in the digestive tract of a blood-sucking invertebrate and usually an insect pass through a series of changes comparable to the typical forms of members of the genera Leishmania, Leptomonas, and
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i has the largest ever R&D portfolio for the kinetoplastid diseases and currently has 7 clinical and 4 preclinical projects.
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Delaunay, executive director of the US section of the humanitarian medical group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; Doctors The kinetoplastid diseases-Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis-lack safe, effective treatments as well as sufficient research and development funding.
JAMA current issue 2009
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Delaunay, executive director of the US section of the humanitarian medical group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; Doctors The kinetoplastid diseases-Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis-lack safe, effective treatments as well as sufficient research and development funding.
JAMA current issue R. Voelker 2009
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