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rounded form of it can divide into a number of very 

 small forms, the division occurring especially in the 

 lungs (Fig. 8, C-F), and other internal organs and 



c. 



FIG. 8 TRYPANOSOMA (SCHIZOTRYPANUM) CRUZI 



A, Stout form of flagellate in the blood ; B, more slender type of 

 blood flagellate ; C, contracted trypanosome preparing for 

 schizogony ; D, uninucleateschizont from the lungs ; E, mother 

 form showing nuclear division (from the lungs) ; F, schizont 

 with eight merozoites (daughter forms) ; G, transverse section 

 of striated muscle with its centre filled with T. cmzi 



