In this genus, vesicle trafficking to the flagellar pocket is predicted by the GPI valence hypothesis. Paul Ehrlich found that the blindness-causing atoxyl kills organisms in this genus, before discovering that syphilis can be treated by its derivative salvarsan. The anti-hair growth drug eflornithine kills organisms in this genus. By inhibiting replication of interlocked mini- and maxicircles in their kDNA, organisms of this genus are killed by the intercalator (*) ethidium bromide. This genus uses variant surface glycoproteins, or VSGs, to avoid the immune system. The “kissing bug” transmits a species in this genus discovered by Carlos Chagas. After crossing the blood-brain barrier, the brucei (10[1]-5[1])■END■