05 - Leisshmania Flashcards
1
Q
(Leishmania)
- what form in vertebrates?
- live where in host?
A
- amastigote
- inside macrophages, within phagolysosomes
2
Q
(Leishmania)
- What are the hosts?
- vectors?
A
- vertebrates (mostly mammals)
- sand flies
3
Q
don’t learn… but notice how the first part of each name indicate where they like to hang out in body
A
4
Q
what infection caused this?
A
leishmania infantum
5
Q
(Leishmania Infantum)
- up to point of foxhounds had only been where?
- Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis - wh
A
- old world
6
Q
L. infantum
A
7
Q
l. infatum
A
autochthonous = (of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists.
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