Chapter 5: Hemoflagellates

Question 0

Umbrella term for basal body and small parabasal body in hemoflagellates

Answer 0

Kinetoplast

Question 1

Roundish to oval, nucleus off-center, with basal body structure and small parabasal body

Answer 1

Amastigote

Question 2

Other name for the basal body structure found in the morphologic forms of hemoflagellates

Answer 2

Blepharoplast

Question 3

Long and slender with large single nucleus located in or near center, single free flagellum extending anteriorly, kinetoplast located in anterior portion

Answer 3

Promastigote

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Epimastigote

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Trypomastigote

Question 6

Morphologic form primarily found in tissue, muscle, and CNS within macrophages

Answer 6

Amastigote

Question 7

2 forms routinely found in human specimens

Answer 7

Amastigote and trypomastigote

Question 8

Form that reproduces and is visible in the peripheral blood

Answer 8

Trypomastigote

Question 9

Form that is seen only if a blood sample is collected immediately after transmission into a healthy individual

Answer 9

Promastigote

Question 10

This form can be seen when blood samples are appropriately cultured

Answer 10

Promastigote

Question 11

Form found primarily in arthropod vector

Answer 11

Epimastigote

Question 12

Hemoflagellates belong to the subphylum _______

Answer 12

Mastigophora

Question 13

Hemoflagellates belong to the class _________

Answer 13

Zoomastigophora

Question 14

Common name for infection with Leishmania tropica; cutaneous leishmaniasis, presents pus-containing ulcers

Answer 14

Baghdad boils

Question 15

Common name for an infection with Leishmania mexicana; cutaneous

Answer 15

Bay sore

Question 16

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania mexicana commonly found in Beliza, Guatemala, and Yucatan Peninsula

Answer 16

Chiclero ulcer

Question 17

Common name for visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

Answer 17

Dum dum fever

Question 18

Infection from Leishmania braziliensis; mucocutaneous, Central and South America, particularly Brazil

Answer 18

Espundia

Question 19

Infection with Leishmania guyanensis; mucocutaneous, in Guianas, parts of Brazil and Venezuela; pian bois

Answer 19

Forest yaws

Question 20

Another common name for forest yaws

Answer 20

Pian bois

Question 21

Most severe form of visceral leishmaniasis caused by members of the Leishmania donovani complex

Answer 21

Kala-azar

Question 22

Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by members of Leishmania tropica complex

Answer 22

Oriental sore

Question 23

Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in Peruvian Andes

Answer 23

Uta

Question 24

Common associated disease and condition names for Leishmania braziliensis complex

Answer 24

Chiclero ulcer, pian bois, forest yaws, uta, mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, espundia

Question 25

Members of Leishmania braziliensis complex

Answer 25

L. braziliensis
L. panamensis
L. peruviana
L. guyanensis

Question 26

Specimen of choice for L. braziliensis complex amastigotes

Answer 26

Giemsa-stained biopsy of infected ulcer

Question 27

Restriction analysis of kinetoplast DNA

Answer 27

Schizodeme analysis

Question 28

Analysis of isoenzyme patterns

Answer 28

Zymodeme analysis