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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Parasitol. 2016 Dec 19;33(4):276–284. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.11.008

Figure 1. Localization of parasites in adipose tissue.

Figure 1

Adipocytes are the major constituent of adipose tissue, which contain a large lipid vacuole. Trypanosoma cruzi (light blue) can live in the blood as a trypomastigote or in the cytoplasm of cells (such as adipocytes) as an amastigote. Trypanosoma brucei (dark blue) can be found in the blood and in interstitial spaces of several tissues. In the adipose tissue, they reside between adipocytes. Plasmodium species (green) live inside red blood cells (RBC), which adhere to the blood vessel when they are infected. Image generated by VisuallyMedical.com.