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213 Chagas′ Disease and Trypanosomiasis
Louis V. Kirchhoff / Anis Rassi, Jr.

	Figure 213-1  Trypanosoma cruzi in the heart muscle of a child who died of acute Chagas' myocarditis. An infected myocyte containing several dozen T. cruzi amastigotes is in the center of the field (hematoxylin and eosin, 900×).
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	Figure 213-2  Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense parasites in rat blood. The slender parasite is thought to be the form that multiplies in mammalian hosts, while the stumpy forms are nondividing and are capable of infecting insect vectors (Giemsa, 1200×). (Courtesy of Dr. G. A. Cook, Madison, WI; with permission.)
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