Editing Trypanosomatida (section)

== Medical importance ==

The three major [[human]] diseases caused by trypanosomatids are; African [[trypanosomiasis]] ([[African trypanosomiasis|sleeping sickness]], caused by ''[[Trypanosoma brucei]]'' and transmitted by [[Tsetse fly|tsetse flies]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Trypanosomiasis, human African (sleeping sickness) |url=https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/trypanosomiasis-human-african-(sleeping-sickness) |website=www.who.int |access-date=14 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420223033/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs259/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref>), South American trypanosomiasis ([[Chagas disease]], caused by ''[[Trypanosoma cruzi|T. cruzi]]'' and transmitted by [[Triatominae|triatomine]] bugs), and [[leishmaniasis]] (a set of trypanosomal diseases caused by various species of ''[[Leishmania]]'' transmitted by [[Phlebotominae|sandflies]]<ref name="Measure vectors' attraction to auxiliary hosts">
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