Definition: A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes nagana in domestic and game animals in Africa. It apparently does not infect humans. It is transmitted by bites of tsetse flies (Glossina).
causes nagana & also TRYPANOSOMIASIS, BOVINE in African cattle or TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN /vet in African game animals; infection: coord IM with TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN (IM) but see note there for X ref NAGANA see TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; for antigens