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Trypanosomiasis, African
[Trypanosoma brucei gambiense] [T. b. rhodesiense]
Dividing T. b. rhodesiense

Blood smear from a patient (a U.S. traveler) with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.  A dividing parasite is seen at the right.  Dividing forms are seen in African trypanosomiasis, but not in American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease).

 

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