African Trypanosomes

African trypanosomes are tsetse-transmitted protozoa that inhabit the extracellular compartment of host blood. They cause fatal sleeping sickness in people, and Nagana, a wasting and generally fatal disease, in cattle. While trypanosomes are most common to Africa (about 30% of Africa''s cattle graze on the fringe of the tsetse habitat), some species have spread beyond its boarders to Asia, th...