Tryp a no soma

(tri’pan-o-so’mah) (Gr. τρύπανον borer + σῶμα body]. A genus of sporozoan parasites found in the blood of man and animals, characterized by the delicate, undulatory membrane attached to the body and whip-like flagellum. T. america’num, a species infecting cattle in the United States. T. bru’cei, occurs in the disease nagana or tsetse-fly disease of horses and cattle of central Africa. T. calmet’ii, a species found in the blood of a domestic fowl in Tonkin. T. cazal’bui, a species said to cause the disease soum a of cattle, sheep, and horses. T. co: - len’se, a species causing a disease that resembles nagana in southern Africa. T. cru’szi, a species said to be the cause of opilagao. T. dim or‘phon, a species occurring in Gambian horse disease. T. equi’num, the species found in horses suffering from mal de caderas, a disease of central South America. Ἐ. equiper‘dum, Τ. rouge’ti, found in the disease of horses in Algeria called dourine. T. evan’si, found in the disease surra of mules and horses in India. T. gambien’se, found in the cerebrospinal fluid and the blood of man in cases of tropical splenomegaly, sleeping sickne , and various cachexial fevers of warm countries. T. hip’picum, a species believed to cause the disease murrain. TT. lew’isi, a species found in the blood of the rat. T. lu’is, a protozoan resembling Spirocha’ta pal'lid a, found in syphilitic lesions. T. noc’tuse, a species found in the blood of the little owl, being di eminated by the gnat, Cu’lex pip’iens. T. pecau’di, a species said to cause the disease baler i. See baler i. T. rhode sien’si, a species found in the antelope in Nyas sal and in South Africa. It may be transmitted to man by the bite of Glos’sin a mors i’tans. Τ. the i’leri, a species found in cattle affected with the disease galziekte.