Trypanosoma cruzi is a single-celled parasite that causes Chagas disease, transmitted mainly by triatomine insects, popularly called kissing bugs or assassin bugs, which defecate on a host's skin while feeding on blood; the parasite enters the body through the bite wound or when the host scratches the area, rubbing the contaminated feces into the skin. Beyond humans, it also infects other mammals, and it invades and lives within host tissue, particularly heart and digestive muscle. Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas discovered the parasite in 1909 and named its species after his mentor, Oswaldo Cruz.
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Source Wikidata: Trypanosoma Cruzi
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1. Wikipedia: Trypanosoma cruzi
Wikipedia- Wikidata Q150162 (P225 taxon name)
Article text: "Individual triatomines infected with protozoa fr"
Individual triatomines infected with protozoa from other contact with animals transmit trypanosomes when the triatomine deposits its faeces on the host's skin surface while blood feeding.
In Group: Kinetoplastid Parasites (Trypanosomes and Leishmania), Lead
Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic kinetoplastid which causes Chagas disease.
View the Source 2. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Trypanosoma cruzi
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8205154, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 8205154, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Wikidata: Trypanosoma Cruzi
- Wikidata Q150162, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Trypanosoma, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q541987 (Trypanosoma)
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