Leishmaniasis

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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