Introduction to Diagnostic Medical Parasitology

• Diseases
• Parasites
• Methods
• Virtual Microscope
• Diagnostics Keys

Trypomastigote form

Trypomastigote form
Length: 20 - 30 μm

• The forms range from long
• slender-bodied organism with a long flagellum or more to short
•  fat
• stumpy forms with short flagellum or even none
• The kinetoplast in the posterior end is small
• The posterior end is more round than pointed.