trypomastigote of Trypanosoma evansi from the horse. It is widespread
throughout northern Africa, central and southwest Asia, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Central and South America infecting a wide variety of hoofed
animals, dogs, and also elephants. The disease is often called surra and
is NOT transmitted by tsetse flies but instead mechanically by the bite of flies,
such as tabaniids. In South America, it causes murrina and can be
transmitted mechanically by the bite of vampire bats. 1000x