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Trypanosome trypomastigotes among red blood cells (Trypanosoma), a parasitic flagellated protozoan that causes trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease). This trypanosome is a vector borne parasite transmitted by Tsetse Flies (Glossina). The ribbon like flagellated trypomastigote is carried in the insect's saliva and enters the human host through a wound made by the fly. This protozoan infects the blood, lymph and spinal fluid and rapidly divides. Upon entering the cerebral...
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Trypanosome trypomastigotes among red blood cells (Trypanosoma), a parasitic flagellated protozoan that causes trypanosomiasis (African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease). This trypanosome is a vector borne parasite transmitted by Tsetse Flies (Glossina). The ribbon like flagellated trypomastigote is carried in the insect's saliva and enters the human host through a wound made by the fly. This protozoan infects the blood, lymph and spinal fluid and rapidly divides. Upon entering the cerebral spinal fluid the parasite can damage brain tissue causing eventual death. SEM X1000
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