Label the stages in the Trypanosoma brucei T bruceilife cycl

Label the stages in the Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei)life cycle in tsetse flies and humans.

Solution

Starting from the top box

1. Tsetse fly biting human- An infected tsetse fly bites a human and injects T. brucei into the blood stream .

2. In human-T.brucei multiplies in the blood, lymph and spinal fluid of the human via binary fission.

3. Again tsetse fly biting human- An uninflected tsetse fly bites an infected human and ingests T.brucei.

4. In Tsetse fly- T. brucei enters the salivary gland of the fly and multiply

5. In the midgut of tsetse fly- T.brucei multiplies in the midgut of the fly via binary fission