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TRYPANOSOMA 



dourine. Doflein (July, 1901) named it Tr. equiperdum, 

 which term was adopted by Salmon and Stiles. 



In 1 90 1, according to Voges, Elmassian first differentiated 

 the Trypanosoma of Mai de Caderas in South America. Voges 

 described it the following year, demonstrated its pathogenic 

 action, and named it Tr. equinum. 



In 1902, Bruce and Laveran independently published 

 articles inwhich they credit Theiler with the discovery of a 



Fig. 106. A map showing the geographical distribution of 

 Trypanosoma disease. 



new Trypanosoma of cattle in South Africa. They each 

 proposed the name Tr. Theileri. 



In igoi, Smith and Kinyoun described a parasite which 

 had been observed by Jobling in the blood of a sick horse 

 in Manila. lyater in the year Smith described it as Tr. 

 Evansi. 



§ 308. Trypanosomiasis. Salmon and Stiles have in- 

 troduced the term Trypanosomiasis to describe an infection 



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