Trypanosoma brucei causes African sleeping sickness, with recurrent fevers due to parasite surface antigen variation. The two subspecies are T. b. gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense.
Trypanosoma brucei causa la enfermedad del sueño africana, caracterizada por fiebres recurrentes debido a la variación antigénica de la superficie del parásito. Las dos subespecies son T. b. gambiense y T. b. rhodesiense.
| Front | protozoa - CNS infections Trypanosoma brucei 1 disease: 4 (what causes the recurrence?) Two subspecies names? |
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