Trypanosome

Trypanosome refers to the order Trypanosomatid and some of its members:

• Trypanosomatid - an order within Kinetoplastida.
• Trypanosoma - a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes.
• Trypanosoma brucei - a major human pathogen causing sleeping sickness.
• Trypanosoma cruzi - a major human pathogen that causes Chagas disease.
• A morphological class of trypanosomatid with a flagellum laterally attached to the cell body.