Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases: Old and New Approaches

Figure 1

Microscopy. Comparison of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastogote (a) with Plasmodium malariae schizont (b) and with microfilaria (c: Mansonella perstans) in squirrel monkey blood smear. Giemsa stain: 70x oil-immersion objective (a) and (b) and 27.2x objective (c), adapted with permission of Comparative Medicine from [9].

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