Trypanosoma suis 2567831 222311753 2008-06-28T17:34:48Z WhatamIdoing 1998764 Clean up {{Taxobox | color = khaki | name = ''Trypanosoma suis'' | regnum = [[Protist]]a | phylum = [[Euglenozoa]] | classis = [[Kinetoplastid|Kinetoplastea]] | ordo = [[Trypanosome|Trypanosomatida]] | genus = ''[[Trypanosoma]]'' | species = '''''T. suis''''' }} '''''Trypanosoma suis''''' is a [[protozoa | protozoan]] [[trypanosome]] in the genus [[trypanosoma]] that causes one form of the [[surra]] disease in animals. It infects [[pig]]s. It does not infect [[human]]s.<ref name=bris>http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/molpar/suis.htm</ref> ==Discovery== Trypanosoma suis was first encountered and described by Ochmann in 1905.<ref name=bris /> He found the [[parasite]] in a herd of sick [[pigs|pig]] in [[Dar-es-Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]. Hence the name as the word ''suis'' means pig. Eventually it was lost in consecutive renaming of the parasite until the 1950's. ==Rediscovered== In the 1950s ''Trypanosoma suis'' is rediscovered in [[Burundi]] by two [[Belgium|Belgian]] researchers.<ref>http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v197/n4872/abs/1971126a0.html</ref> ''Trypanosomas suis'' remains the most rare member of the Salivarian trypanosomes. The only isolated specimen known of this species is kept at the [[Kenya Trypanosomiasis Research Institute]], [[Nairobi]].<ref>http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=80584</ref> The parasite is known to be transmitted by the [[Tsetse fly]].<ref>http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/p5178e/P5178E07.htm</ref> ==References== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/molpar Molecular Parasitology Group] [[Category:Parasitology]] [[Category:Euglenozoa]] {{med-stub}} {{protist-stub}}