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Crithidia /Cri·thid·ia/ (krĭ-thid´e-ah) a genus of parasitic protozoa found in the digestive tract of arthropods and other invertebrates.

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The stage of development of certain flagellate parasites of vertebrates in the insect host, such as the multiplying form of the agent of African sleeping sickness in the tsetse fly.

Crithidia

a genus, the trypanosomes, in the family Trypanosomatidae found in arthropods and other invertebrates.

Crithidia luciliae

commercial preparations of this organism are used as substrate in assays for serum antibodies against native DNA.

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No references found			In fact, the presence of Crithidia bombi, a gut pathogen that lives within the intestinal track of bumblebees (like Nosema bombi) and can spread between bees at flowers, was found only in bees foraging near greenhouses. Plight of the bumblebee: are commercial greenhouses to blame for the ... by Federman, Adam / Earth Island Journal The most clear-cut case came from the gut parasite Crithidia bombi, which Otterstatter and Thomson modeled for the new study of pathogen spillover. Bumblebees deliver disease: hitchhiking pathogens threaten wild ... by Milius, Susan / Science News The most dramatic case was the gut parasite Crithidia bombi. Fugitives spread bumblebee diseases by Milius, Susan / Science News for Kids			crisis intervention 2 Crisis Pregnancy crisis resolution Crisis Stabilization crisis theory crisis, adrenal crisis, thyroid crisis-intervention unit CRISP crispatine crispation crispy critter Crisscross Heart crisscross inheritance Crisscrossing crista crista ampullaris crista galli crista obliqua crista terminalis cristobalite crit criteria criterion Critesion Crithidia crithidial stage critical critical access hospital critical care critical care unit critical fusion frequency Critical Illness Neuromyopathy Critical Illness Polyneuropathy Critical Mass critical organ critical organs critical oxygen requirement critical path critical path development critical pathway critical period critical period of development critical point critical pressure Critical Speed critical temperature critical value critical. sensitivity period Criticality Event Criticality Infraction			Criterion function Criterion Reference Objective Criterion Referenced Instruction Criterion Referenced Testing Criterion Shaped Behavior Criterion Standard Criterion Standard Criterion Standard Criterion Standard Criterion Testing and Learning Objectives Criterion-Referenced Competency Test criterion-referenced evaluation criterion-referenced evaluation criterion-referenced evaluation criterion-referenced evaluation criterion-referenced evaluation Criterion-referenced test criterion-referenced testing criterion-referenced testing criterion-referenced testing criterion-referenced testing criterional criterions criterions criterions criterions Critesion CRITFC crith crith Crithidia Crithidia luciliae Crithidia Luciliae Indirect Immunofluorescence Crithidia Retrotransposable Element 1 Crithidia Retrotransposable Element 2 crithidial stage Crithomancy CRITHOUS Critias critic critic critic critic critic Critic of the Mormon Church critic report CRITIC/ECP critical critical critical critical critical absorption wavelength Critical Access Hospital Critical Access Hospital Critical Access Hospital Network Critical Accident Response Team Critical Acquisition Position Critical Acquisition Position List Critical Acquisition Process Critical Action Time Critical Aeronautical Material/Equipment List

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