PROTOZOA (Hemoflagellates) Flashcards
Requires two hosts to survive
Hemoflagellates
Hemoflagellates
Definitive host:
Man
Hemoflagellates
Intermediate Host:
Arthropods/Vectors
Leishmania
Intermediate Host
Phlebotomus (sand flies)
Leishmania
Developmental stage
Amastigote and Promastigote
Leishmania
Infective stage to MAN
Promastigote
Trypanosoma brucei
Intermediate Host
Glossina (Tse-tse fly)
Trypanosoma brucei
Developmental stage
- Epimastigote,
-Trypomastigote,
-Metacystic trypomastigote
Trypanosoma brucei
Infective stage to MAN
Metacystic trypomastigote
Trypanosoma cruzi
Intermediate Host
- Reduviid bug
- Triatomine Kissing bug
- Assassin bug
Trypanosoma cruzi
Developmental stage
-Epimastigote
-Trypomastigote
-Metacystic trypomastigote
-Amastigote
Trypanosoma cruzi
Infective stage to MAN
Metacystic trypomastigote
lives intracellularly, found in monocyte, polymorphonuclear monocyte, endothelial cells Oval shape, 2-3 um diameter, no flagella and nucleus but with kinetoplast. Found on man
Leishmania (Mammalian type) / Amastigote
seen in intermediate host, found on transmitting fly, with flagellum at the anterior, no undulating membrane
Leptomonas / Promastigote
Seen in trypanosoma spp. transmitting flies, seen on salivary gland of the transmitting fly
Epimastigote / Crithidia
Seen trypanosoma spp., developed on MAN
Trypomastigote / Trypanosomal