Leishmaniasis
2021年4月22日 (木) 16:42時点におけるVaccipedia.admin (トーク | 投稿記録)による版 (ページの作成:「==taxonomy== *phylum ''Sarcomastigophorea'', class ''Zoomastigophorea'', genus ''Leishmania'' **''Plasmodium'' belongs to phylum ''Apicomplexa'' ==morphology== *single f…」)
taxonomy
- phylum Sarcomastigophorea, class Zoomastigophorea, genus Leishmania
- Plasmodium belongs to phylum Apicomplexa
morphology
- single flagellum
- kinetoplast
- similar to Trypanosoma
life cycle
- promastigote - 10-25 μm
- with flagellum
- phagocytized by macrophage
- amastigote - 2-4 μm
- transform from promastigote inside macrophage
- transform to promastigote inside sandfly midgut
- simpler than Trypanosoma
- vector: sandfly
- host: human, dog, rodent
