Lecture 4: Trypanosomas

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Across
  1. 7. Trypanosomiasis of horses and donkeys passed through venereal transmission
  2. 8. Vector of African trypanosomiasis
  3. 11. Infective stage of African and American trypanosomiasis
  4. 14. Diagnostic method involving exposure to an uninfected vector and test of the vector after a bite occurs
  5. 16. Parasites develop in hindgut of vector and are transmitted through fecal contamination
  6. 17. Living in blood or fixed tissues of animals
Down
  1. 1. Trypanosomiasis that mainly affects cattle; “to be in low or depressed spirits”
  2. 2. “Resurrection drug” for African sleeping sickness
  3. 3. Diagnostic stage of Chagas disease
  4. 4. Causative agent of African trypanosomiasis
  5. 5. Habitats with close contact between humans and domestic animals; control of these habitats may minimize disease spread
  6. 6. Vector of Chagas disease
  7. 9. Causative agent of American trypanosomiasis
  8. 10. Swollen lymph node associated with African sleeping sickness
  9. 12. Diagnostic stage of African trypanosomiasis
  10. 13. Parasites develop in anterior GI tract of vector and are transmitted during blood feeding
  11. 15. Surface coat made of glycoproteins