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. 2009;36(1):8-31.
doi: 10.1159/000187642.

Arboprotozoae

Arbeitskreis Blut, Untergruppe «Bewertung Blutassoziierter Krankheitserreger»

Arboprotozoae

Arbeitskreis Blut, Untergruppe «Bewertung Blutassoziierter Krankheitserreger». Transfus Med Hemother. 2009.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Leishmania. Promastigotes with polar flagellum, Tricon stain. Original preparation from the Tropeninstitut (Institute for Tropical Medicine) of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Prof. Löscher.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Leishmania. Amastigotes without flagellum, Tricon stain. Original preparation from the Tropeninstitut (Institute for Tropical Medicine) of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Prof. Löscher.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
World-wide distribution of Leishmania spp., derived from the information generally accessible in 2008.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Blood smear from a mouse infected with trypanosomas, May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain. In this picture, no distinction can be seen between T. cruzi and T. brucei. Preparation from the Friedrich-Löffler-Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Friedrich-Löffler-Institute for Medical Biology), University Hospital of Greifswald, Germany.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5
Distribution of T. cruzi in South America and T. brucei in Africa, derived from the information generally accessible in 2008.
Fig. 6
Fig. 6
Kissing bug of the triatoma genus, which is a vector for the transmission of T. cruzi. The figure shows the eggs (left), then the nymph stages, and the adult bug (right). The figure also shows sizes of the bugs as compared with a 1-Euro coin. The preparation originates from the Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, Asuncion, Paraguay.
Fig. 7
Fig. 7
Schematic presentation of the cell structure of apicomplexa, which include for example Babesia, Plasmodium and Toxoplasma.
Fig. 8
Fig. 8
Crescent shaped toxoplasmas replicated in culture cells. The toxoplasmas have migrated to the supernatant after lysis of the cells. May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain. Preparation from the Friedrich-Löffler-Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie (Friedrich-Löffler-Institute for Medical Microbiology), University Hospital, Greifswald, Germany.
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