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The number and morphology of trypanosomes in the blood and lymph of rats infected with Trypanosoma brucei and T. congolense

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. S. Z. Ssenyonga  and
Katherine M. G. Adam
G. S. Z. Ssenyonga
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh
Katherine M. G. Adam
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Edinburgh
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The thoracic lymph duct of rats infected with Trypanosoma brucei and with T. congolense was cannulated at different stages of infection. Trypanosomes were always present in the lymph of rats infected with T. brucei, whereas they were absent or very scarce in the lymph of rats infected with T. congolense. There were greater fluctuations in the numbers of trypanosomes in the blood than in the lymph. The intra- and extravascular populations of T. brucei differed: stumpy forms were present only in blood; dividing forms were usually more numerous in lymph.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , April 1975 , pp. 255 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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