Open AccessThe morphology of the trypanosome causing disease in man in Nyasaland
Author(s) -
David Bruce,
David Harvey,
A. E. Hamerton,
J. B. Davey,
Lady Bruce
Publication year - 1912
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, containing papers of a biological character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9185
pISSN - 0950-1193
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1912.0068
Subject(s) - morphology (biology) , trypanosomiasis , biology , trypanosoma brucei , trypanosoma , zoology , virology , genetics , gene
This species, likeTrypanosoma brucei and T. is characterised by showing two distinct forms—the long and slender, and the short and stumpy. These are not sharply divided from one another, but are connected by intermediate forms, so as to form an unbroken series, or curve, from the shortest to the longest. This strain of the trypanosome was obtained from a native woman suffering from “ Kaodzera,” the so-called Sleeping Sickness of Nyasaland.