This sample was collected from a study of congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in Santa Cruz, Boliva. The image shows an intracellular nest of T. cruzi epimastigotes in umblical cord tissue.
Bern, C., M. Verastegui, R.H. Gilman, C. Lafuente, G. Galdos-Cardenas, M. Calderon, J. Pacori, M. Del Carmen Abastoflor, H. Aparicio, M.F. Brady, L. Ferrufino, N. Angulo, S.Marcus. C. Sterling, and J.H. Maguire. Congenital Trypanosoma cruzi transmission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Clin. Inf. Dis. 49:1667-1674, 2009.
