The following peripheral blood smear is from a 42 year old woman from Venezuela. Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE)
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ian
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This is T. cruzi. It has the nucleus in the middle and a large kinetoplast at the posterior end. Also the patient is from S. America, where this parasite is found.
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This is T. cruzi. It has the nucleus in the middle and a large kinetoplast at the posterior end. Also the patient is from S. America, where this parasite is found.
T. cruzi also, but morphologically, can't rule out T. rhodesiense or gambiense. BW in Vt.
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