Answer to Case 710

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 710:Trypanosoma cruziamastigotes forming a pseudocyst in cardiac muscle. Note that you can make out the nucleus and kinetoplast of some of the amastigotes:While I posted this on Valentine ' s day, Chagas disease is actually a story of heartbreak. Here is a rather poignant poem aboutTrypanosoma cruzi by @DrCindyCooper:Fortunately treatment can be effective when the disease is caught early. April 14th is World Chagas Disease day, where the WHO and partners raise awareness pf this " silent disease " that affects mainly poor people with limited access to health care. 
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