Trypanosoma vivax

Trypanosoma vivax
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Kinetoplastea
Order: Trypanosomatida
Family: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Trypanosoma
Species:
T. vivax
Binomial name
Trypanosoma vivax
Ziemann, 1905
Synonyms
  • Trypanosoma caprae
  • Trypanosoma angolense
  • Trypanosoma (subg. Duttonella) vivax

Trypanosoma vivax is a parasite species in the genus Trypanosoma. It causes the disease nagana, affecting cattle or wild mammals. It is mainly occurs in West Africa, although it has spread to South America.