Trypanosoma brucei – Trypomastigote forms on thin blood smear (MGG stain)

France, Bouteille Bernard

Bloodstream forms or trypomastigotes (30 µm X 3 µm). Long slender protozoa, that have a prominent undulating membrane, a long free flagellum attached along the cell body, a central nucleus, and a kinetoplast posterior of nucleus.