trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in brain of sleeping sickness victim (blue elongate bodies) 1000x

trypomastigotes of T. b. rhodesiense in brain with clusters of white blood cells indicating infection.  400x
 
trypomastigotes of T. b. rhodesiense in blood, indistinguishable from T.b.gambiense or T. b. brucei.  Rhodesiense is transmitted by Glossina moristans, G. swynnertoni, and G. pallidipes.  The range of the different tsetse flies dictates where Gambian sleeping sickness (west Africa) or Rhodesian  (east Africa) sleeping sickness is endemic.  1000x