Trypanosoma suis
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{{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==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/molpar Molecular Parasitology Group]
[[Category:Parasitology]]
[[Category:Euglenozoa]]
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