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| Trypanosoma cruzi in human blood Giemsa stain. They are typically seen as a C-shape and have a more pronounced kinetoplast compared to other species. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Family: | Trypanosomatidae |
| Genus: | Trypanosoma |
| Species: | T. cruzi
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| Trypanosoma cruzi | |
Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoids. Among the protozoa, the trypanosomes characteristically bore tissue in another organism and feed on blood (primarily) and also lymph. This behaviour causes disease or the likelihood of disease that varies with the organism: Chagas disease in humans, dourine and surra in horses, and a brucellosis-like disease in cattle. Parasites need a host body and the haematophagous insect triatomine (descriptions "assassin bug", "cone-nose bug", and "kissing bug") is the major vector in accord with a mechanism of infection. The triatomine likes the nests of vertebrate animals for shelter, where it bites and sucks blood for food. Individual triatomines infected with protozoa from other contact with animals transmit trypanosomes when the triatomine deposits its faeces on the host's skin surface and then bites. Penetration of the infected faeces is further facilitated by the scratching of the bite area by the human or animal host.
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- ^ Chagas, Carlos (1909). "Nouvelle espèce de trypanosomiase humaine" [New species of human trypanosomiasis] (PDF). Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique (in French). 2 (6): 304–307.
- ^ Chagas, C. (1909). "Nova especie morbida do homem, produzida por um Trypanozoma (Trypanozoma cruzi): nota prévia" [New morbid species of man, produced by a Trypanozoma (Trypanozoma cruzi): previous note]. Brazil-Medico (in French). 23 (16): 161.