Chapter 5: Hemoflagellates Flashcards
Umbrella term for basal body and small parabasal body in hemoflagellates
Kinetoplast
Roundish to oval, nucleus off-center, with basal body structure and small parabasal body
Amastigote
Other name for the basal body structure found in the morphologic forms of hemoflagellates
Blepharoplast
Long and slender with large single nucleus located in or near center, single free flagellum extending anteriorly, kinetoplast located in anterior portion
Promastigote
Body slightly wider than promastigote, large single nucleus located in posterior end, kinetoplast located anterior to nucleus, undulating membrane half of body length, free flagellum extending anteriorly
Epimastigote
C, S, or U shape in stained blood films, long and slender, kinetoplast located in posterior end from which emerges a full body length undulating membrane, single large nucleus anterior to kinetoplast, flagellum extending anteriorly if present
Trypomastigote
Morphologic form primarily found in tissue, muscle, and CNS within macrophages
Amastigote
2 forms routinely found in human specimens
Amastigote and trypomastigote
Form that reproduces and is visible in the peripheral blood
Trypomastigote
Form that is seen only if a blood sample is collected immediately after transmission into a healthy individual
Promastigote
This form can be seen when blood samples are appropriately cultured
Promastigote
Form found primarily in arthropod vector
Epimastigote
Hemoflagellates belong to the subphylum _______
Mastigophora
Hemoflagellates belong to the class _________
Zoomastigophora
Common name for infection with Leishmania tropica; cutaneous leishmaniasis, presents pus-containing ulcers
Baghdad boils
Common name for an infection with Leishmania mexicana; cutaneous
Bay sore
Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana commonly found in Beliza, Guatemala, and Yucatan Peninsula
Chiclero ulcer
Common name for visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani
Dum dum fever
Infection from Leishmania braziliensis; mucocutaneous, Central and South America, particularly Brazil
Espundia
Infection with Leishmania guyanensis; mucocutaneous, in Guianas, parts of Brazil and Venezuela; pian bois
Forest yaws
Another common name for forest yaws
Pian bois
Most severe form of visceral leishmaniasis caused by members of the Leishmania donovani complex
Kala-azar
Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by members of Leishmania tropica complex
Oriental sore
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Peruvian Andes
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