A parasitologist's view of the world
Leishmaniasis
T. cruzi.The bottom panel is classic with the kinetoplast located at the head of the cell.The others are difficult - is the EDTA causing the trypanomastigotes to curl up? They don't look like pseudocysts.
The last is a classic T. cruzi; I would've guessed Leishmania for the others too, though you wouldn't see extracellular amastigotes in the blood very often if ever. Even the stumpy forms of T. brucei are usually more elongated.
Leishmaniasis
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ReplyDeleteThe bottom panel is classic with the kinetoplast located at the head of the cell.
The others are difficult - is the EDTA causing the trypanomastigotes to curl up? They don't look like pseudocysts.
The last is a classic T. cruzi; I would've guessed Leishmania for the others too, though you wouldn't see extracellular amastigotes in the blood very often if ever. Even the stumpy forms of T. brucei are usually more elongated.
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