Leishmania

Question 1

Types and causes

Answer 1

tropica: cutan
braziliensis: mucocutan
donovani: visceral
infantum: visceral and cutan
chagasi: visceral and cutan

Question 2

To diagnose leishmania

Answer 2

amastigote in smears and scrapings

Question 3

Type of development

Answer 3

ALWAYS indirect

IC development in histiocytes/macrophages

Question 4

What form are found in vertebrates/reservoirs?

Answer 4

amastigotes

Question 5

What form is found in the biological vector?

Answer 5

Promastigote

Question 6

What is the intermediate host

Answer 6

The female sandfly!
promastigotes go out in the saliva
Blood-sucking

Question 7

Difference between promastigotes and amastigotes

Answer 7

Pro: are thinner and smaller (than trypanosoma?)
EC in the salivary glands

Amas: Divided IC in the macrophages
found in smears/scrapings
no flagella

Question 8

Patho signs: cutaneous

Answer 8

Alopecia
Dermatitis
Ulceration

Question 9

Patho signs: mucocutaneous

Answer 9

most dangerous!! because inside the oral cavity the mouth can swell and cause suffocation

Question 10

Patho signs: Visceral

Answer 10

Intermittent fever
Enlargement of lymph nodes 
Cachexy
Anaemia
Ataxia 
PU/PD