A short review on the morphology of Trypanosoma cruzi: from 1909 to 1999.
The morphology of Trypanosoma cruzi is reviewed since the initial description of Giemsa-stained preparations by Carlos Chagas until the most recent micrographs obtained with freeze-fracture techniques. Special emphasis is given to structures such as the cell surface, the flagellum, the kinetoplast, the reservosomes and the endocytic pathway, and the acidocalcisomes.
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Laboratório de Ultraestrutura Celular Hertha Meyer, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. wsouza@biof.ufrj.br
D000818:Animals; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure