T. cruzi trypomastigotes in blood smear.
- T. cruzi trypomastigotes in blood smear.
- T. cruzi amastigotes found in macrophages. They will multiply and rupture from cells as trypomastigotes in 4-5 days.
- Triatomine bugs of the genus Triatoma, Rhodnius, and Panstrongylus serve as the vector of the parasite. The insect takes a blod meal, then defecates near the wound. The wound is very itchy and people scratch the bite site and introduce the infective feces into the wound. Infection can also be acquired through blood transfusions and by ingesting contaminated foods.
- T. cruzi found in heart muscle.
- The life cycle of T. cruzi in both the insect vector and in the human.
- Chagas' is endemic in most of Central and South America
- Trypanosoma brucei found in blood smear.
- The tse tse fly of the genus Glossina is the vector for African sleeping sickness.
- African trypanosomiasis is only found in certain areas on the African continent.
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i was bite this bug and its not so easy for me to recover i was admit in hospital for hard breathing because when i was bite of bed bug in my feet all over my body was infecting and not only that i got a high fever at that night .
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