The following objects were seen on a peripheral blood film from a 36 year old male who recently returned from an African safari. Identification?
What is happening in this image (arrow)?
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
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Trypanosome brucei
Trypanosoma gambiense/rhodiense.
bw in vt
Binary fission at the arrow.
--bks
Trypanosome - suspect rhodesiense since not as many tourists go to West Africa as the East African game parks.
How to differentiate Tsetse flies (the vector) from other flies?? They are the ones that just get pissed off when you hit them with a swatter - aggressive and mean - even attack your vehicle when driving through the bush.
Trypanosoma brucei/gambiense rhodesienne. Dividing in a binary fission.
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