is trypanosoma found in the red blood cells?
Best Answer: They are both blood borne parasites. However, Trypanosoma lives in the blood plasma (outside red blood cells) and Plasmodium lives within infected red blood cells. Source(s): Microbiology: Diseases by Taxonomy.lasmodium is the parasite that causes malaria. In the body, which is were blood cells are, parasites can move around, and their position changes. They are living and moving things, without a stationary relative position. Dr. Maddog Â· 6 years ago.