- Trypanosoma rangeli
Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Trypanosoma"
domain = Eukaryota
unranked_phylum =Excavata
phylum =Euglenozoa
classis =Kinetoplastida
ordo =Trypanosomatida
genus = Trypanosoma
species = T. rangeliTrypanosoma rangeli is a species of
Trypanosoma .It is considered nonpathogenic in humans.cite journal |author=de Moraes MH, Guarneri AA, Girardi FP, "et al" |title=Different serological cross-reactivity of Trypanosoma rangeli forms in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected patients sera |journal=Parasit Vectors |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=20 |year=2008 |pmid=18611261 |pmc=2475519 |doi=10.1186/1756-3305-1-20 |url=http://www.parasitesandvectors.com/content/1/1/20] cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Trypanosoma+rangeli |title=Definition: Trypanosoma rangeli from Online Medical Dictionary |format= |work= |accessdate=]
It has been proposed for use in the prevention of
Chagas disease .cite journal |author=Basso B, Castro I, Introini V, Gil P, Truyens C, Moretti E |title=Vaccination with Trypanosoma rangeli reduces the infectiousness of dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi |journal=Vaccine |volume=25 |issue=19 |pages=3855–8 |year=2007 |month=May |pmid=17349724 |doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.01.114 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0264-410X(07)00173-9] cite journal |author=Basso B, Moretti E, Fretes R |title=Vaccination with epimastigotes of different strains of Trypanosoma rangeli protects mice against Trypanosoma cruzi infection |journal=Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz |volume=103 |issue=4 |pages=370–4 |year=2008 |month=June |pmid=18660992 |doi= |url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762008000400010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en]References
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