Chagas Disease Parasite #17 is a photograph by Kateryna Kon/science Photo Library which was uploaded on November 21st, 2019.
Chagas Disease Parasite #17
Computer illustration of a trypanosome (Trypanosoma cruzi) which causes Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis). It is a vector-borne parasite... more
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Chagas Disease Parasite #17
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Kateryna Kon/science Photo Library
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Computer illustration of a trypanosome (Trypanosoma cruzi) which causes Chagas' disease (American trypanosomiasis). It is a vector-borne parasite transmitted by assassin bug, also known as kissing bug (order Hemiptera, sub-family Triatominae). These protozoa (single-celled organisms) are in the amastigote form, which lives inside the cells of tissues such as the brain, heart and liver, multiplying rapidly. Symptoms of Chagas disease include fever, enlargement of the liver, oesophagus and colon and inflammation of the heart muscle. T. cruzi has identical morphology with sleeping sickness parasite Trypanosoma brucei.
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November 21st, 2019
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