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Trypanosome

trypanosome

(Science: cell biology) A type of parasitic protozoan which can cause a number of serious diseases in people and domestic animals, including african sleeping sickness and leishmaniasis. The trypanosome is able to remain within a host's body for a very long time because it regularly changes the proteins (i.e. Antigens) on its outer surface, so that the host's immune system must constantly develop new antibodies in order to continue to recognise and destroy it. The trypanosome uses a large number of different genes which can be used in many combinations to come up with the different surface proteins. As a result, the host is never able to completely eliminate the trypanosome.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body


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Human immune system response to trypanosomes

Hey everyone, Would anyone happen to know the average time it takes for a healthy human's immune system to detect a trypanosome, before it changes its coat? I know it's quite a vague question, but by how much, if it's measurable, does the population usually decline before a new coat ...

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by Burnsey
Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:12 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Human immune system response to trypanosomes
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by Nadas Moksha
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Does this could be a Spreading way of Chagas disease?

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by honee_v
Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:16 am
 
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by Nadas Moksha
Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:28 am
 
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by tamtam
Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:50 am
 
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