African trypanosomes are tsetse-transmitted protozoa that  inhabit the extracellular compartment of host blood. They cause fatal  sleeping sickness in people, and Nagana, a wasting and generally fatal  disease, in cattle. While trypanosomes are most common to Africa  (about 30% of Africa's cattle graze on the fringe of the tsetse  habitat), some species have spread beyond its boarders to Asia, the  Middle East and South America.   The African Trypanosomes, volume one of World Class  Parasites, is written for researchers, students and scholars who  enjoy reading research that has a major impact on human health, or  agricultural productivity, and against which we have no satisfactory  defense. It is intended to supplement more formal texts that cover  taxonomy, life cycles, morphology, vector distribution, symptoms and  treatment. It integrates vector, pathogen and host biology and  celebrates the diversity of approach that comprises modern  parasitological research.

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