Trypanosoma. Light micrograph (LM) of blood infected with the parasitic protozoan,Trypanosoma,one of the agents of African sleeping sickness. The trypanosomes appear here as elongated,blue,ribbon-like objects,numerous red blood cells appear red. Trypanosoma,is transmitted by bites from the tsetse fly. After completion of their insect life-cycle stages,trypanosomes appear and multiply in the bloodstream. The characteristic lethargy caused by meningo- encephalitis appears after about a month. Magnification: X800 at 10cm wide | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Gschmeissner, Steve |
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