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African trypanosomes
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of African trypanosomes, which are transmitted by tsetse flies in Africa and cause human sleeping sickness. In the bloodstream, the trypanosomes evade the immune system by periodically switching their major surface protein. A trypanosome-encoded protease helps remove this protein when the trypanosomes are ingested by tsetse flies (See Grandgenett et al, e150.)
Image Credit: Image provided by Jared R. Helm and the University of Iowa Central Microscopy Research Facility.
Citation: (2007) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 3(10) October 2007. PLoS Pathog 3(10): ev03.i10. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v03.i10
Published: October 26, 2007
Copyright: © 2007 . This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of African trypanosomes, which are transmitted by tsetse flies in Africa and cause human sleeping sickness. In the bloodstream, the trypanosomes evade the immune system by periodically switching their major surface protein. A trypanosome-encoded protease helps remove this protein when the trypanosomes are ingested by tsetse flies (See Grandgenett et al, e150.)
Image Credit: Image provided by Jared R. Helm and the University of Iowa Central Microscopy Research Facility.