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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2011

While examining a blood smear taken form a patient and stained by Romanovsky's method a doctor revealed some protozoa and diagnozed the patient with Chagas disease. What protozoan is the causative agent of this disease?

Answer options

  1. Toxoplasma gondii
  2. Leishmania tropica
  3. Leishmania donovani
  4. Trypanosoma brucei
  5. Trypanosoma cruzi
Correct answer

Trypanosoma cruzi

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