Where Does Trypanosoma Live in Humans?

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense is found in 24 countries in west and central Africa. This form currently accounts for 95% of reported cases of sleeping sickness

sleeping sickness
African trypanosomiasis, also known as African sleeping sickness or simply sleeping sickness, is an insect-borne parasitic infection of humans and other animals. It is caused by the species Trypanosoma brucei. Humans are infected by two types, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (TbG) and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (TbR).
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and causes a chronic infection.

What part of the human body does the Trypanosoma invade?

Second stage or neurological? phase: this stage begins when the trypanosome parasites cross from the blood-brain barrier into the spinal fluid, infecting the central nervous system including the brain.

Is Trypanosoma found in blood?

b. gambiense and symptomatic patients typically have detectable parasites in the blood. The parasite also may be found in chancre fluid, or bone marrow aspirates.

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