Trypanosoma pestanai

Trypanosoma pestanai
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastida
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Family:	Trypanosomatidae
Genus:	Trypanosoma
Species:	T. pestanai
Binomial name
	Trypanosoma pestanai;

Last updated October 03, 2025

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

↑ "Species Trypanosoma pestanai". UniProt . Retrieved 7 July 2013.
↑ 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.

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[UniProt_-_Species_Trypanosoma_pestanai-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.

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