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Trypanosoma pestanai

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Trypanosoma pestanai
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T. pestanai
Binomial name
Trypanosoma pestanai

Trypanosoma pestanai is a species of kinetoplastid trypanosomatid.[1]

It causes disease in the European badger (Meles meles). Its vector is the badger flea (Paraceras melis).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Species Trypanosoma pestanai". UniProt. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ^ Regina Lizundia; Chris Newman; Christina D. Buesching; Daniel Ngugi; Damer Blake; Yung Wa Sin; David W. Macdonald; Alan Wilson; Declan McKeever (February 14, 2011). "Evidence for a Role of the Host-Specific Flea (Paraceras melis) in the Transmission of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) pestanai to the European Badger". PLOS ONE. 6 (2): e16977. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616977L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016977. PMC 3038870. PMID 21340028.