HEMOFLAGELLATES Flashcards
Kinetoplast is anterior to the nucleus
PROMASTIGOTE
Kinetoplast is near to the nucleus
EPIMASTIGOTE
Kinetoplast is posterior to the nucleus
TRYPOMASTIGOTE
The 3 under of AMASTIGOTE/LEISHMAN
PARABASAL BODY
BLEPHARAPLAST >|KINETOPLAST
NUCLEUS
4 Flagellar body types
AMASTIGOTE
PROMASTIGOTE
EPIMASTIGOTE
TRYPOMASTIGOTE
Produces amastigotes intracellularly in mammalian host and promastigotes in insect vector (Sandfly/chuchu
LEISHMANIA
Classification of Leishmanial species:
LEISHMANIA LESHMANIA DONOVANI
LEISHMANIA LEISHMANIA INFANTUM
LEISHMANIA LEISHMANIA TROPICA
LEISHMANIA LEISHMANIA MAJOR
Dry / urban oriental sore
Leishmania tropica
Moist/ rural oriental sore
Leishmania major
Chiclero ulcer/ ears
LEISHMANIA MEXICANA
- Causes old world cutaneous leishmaniasis oriental sore
- Characterized by dry lesion
LEISHMANIA TROPICA OR L. TROPICA
- Cause American muscocutaneous leishmaniasis
- Characterized by weeping lesion
L. Braziliensis or LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS
- Cause Visceral leishmaniasis fever, kala azar, Black fever,
- Human rodents
- Target organs of res
- Affects organs which include the liver, spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow
L. DONOVANI OR LEISHMANIA DONOVANI
- Causes nagana’s disease
- Animal parasite
T. BRUCEI OR TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI
East African sleeping sickness
T.B RHODESIENSE OR TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE
West/ Central African sleeping sickness
T.B. GAMBIENSE
Inflammation, swelling of lymp nodes
Winterbottom’s Sign:
Blood and lymph nodes aspirate
Febrile stage
Under of TRYPANOSOMA
TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI
TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE
TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX
TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI
TRYPANOSOMA LEWISI
TYPANOSOMA EQUIPERDUM
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI
Chaga’s disease
TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI OR T. CRUZI
Unilateral swelling of eyelids characteristic of chaga’s disease
Romanas Sign
- Only significant ciliate
- Largestnpathogenic protozoan
- Kidney shaped
NEOBALANTIDIUM COLI
THE 4 UNDER OF TROPHOZOITE NEO BALANTIDIUM COLI
CYTOSTOME
MACRONUCLEUS
MICRONUCLEUS
CYTOPEGE/ CYTOPYGE
THE 2 UNDER OF CYST NEOBALANTIDIUM COLI
MACRONUCLEUS
MICRONUCLEUS