Light micrographs of Trypanosoma brucei in a stained blood smear
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Trypanosoma brucei is a parasitic protist species and one of the important species which cause nagana or African animal trypanosomosis in human and animals in Africa. There are 3 sub-species of Trypanosoma brucei: T.b.brucei, T.b.gambiense and T.b.rhodesiense. The insect vector for Trypanosoma brucei is the tsetse fly.
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Colour photos. Photo 1: Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.64 cm. Original scanned size: 255 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 27.51 kb. Estimate download time: 11 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Photo 2: Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.58 cm. Original scanned size: 318 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 27.51 kb. Estimate download time: 11 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Original TIFF files housed at the Dept. Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria. Metadata assigned by Prof. R.C. Tustin, Professor Emeritus: DVTD. His academic and professional experience includes: veterinarian for 54 years,
senior lecturer at UP for 7 years, head of Department at UP for 17 years and Veterinary Council for 3 years.
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Trypanosoma brucei, Nagana