1. Trypanosoma

2. What is Trypanosoma?
Trypanosoma is a unicellular parasitic flagellate Protozoa.
It is an obligate parasite – it cannot live independently of a host – and must have more than one host throughout the course of its life – an insect vector and a mammal host.

3. Trypanosoma Structure
VSG – Variable Surface Glycoprotein – surface coat allows for little detection by the host's immune system
Creates a dense, uniform shield
Undergoes periodic antigenic cycling – it will basically change the antigens on the surface coat, making it difficult for the body to produce a specific immune response

5. Trypanosoma's Importance to the Population...
Most famously, this protozoan causes two deadly diseases: African Sleeping Sickness in much of mid-Africa, and Chagas in Central and South America.

6. Works Cited