Blood And Tissue Flagellate Flashcards
Ovoidal in shape
Free flagellum is retracted
Amastigote
Elongate spindle shape have pointed ends
Promastigote
Elongate spindle shape continue from the anterior end
Epimastigote
Vector of leishmania
Sand fly phlebotomus
Where is the promastigote seen in leishmania
Reticuoendothelial cells
Multiplication of amastigote of leishmania
Simple binary fission
Capable of causing mucocutaneous
Leishmania braziliensis complex
Most notorious because of its mutilation resistant
Espundia
Leshmania donovani amastigote seen primarily where
Spleen Liver Bone marrow Intestinal mucosa Messenteric lymph nodes
Cbc of leishmania donovani
Thrombocytopenia
Leukopenia
Vector of trypanosoma gambiense and rhodesiense
Tsetse fly
Infective stage of trypanosoma
Metacyclic trypanosome
Enlargement of the lymph nodes postcervical triangle
Winterbottom’s sign
Delayed sensation to pain
Kerandel’s sign
Vector of cruzi
Kissing bug