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2023 January (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

What is the stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes infective to Man.

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Answer

The stage in the trypanosome life cycle infective to man is the metacyclic trypomastigote — found in the saliva of the infected tsetse fly (Trypanosoma brucei species, African sleeping sickness) or in the faeces of the infected reduviid/triatomine bug, deposited near the bite wound (Trypanosoma cruzi, Chagas disease), from where it enters the human host.

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