Trypanosome Explained

Trypanosome may refer to:

• Trypanosomatida, a biological order within Kinetoplastida
• Trypanosoma, a genus within Trypanosomatida whose members are often referred to as trypanosomes
• Trypanosoma brucei, a major human pathogen that causes 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