Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote and amastigote forms
Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigote and amastigote forms
(A) The trypomastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi in a Giemsa stained peripheral blood smear from a patient with acute Chagas disease. (B) The amastigote form of T. cruzi in a hematoxylin and eosin stained slide of heart muscle tissue.
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.