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Hemoflagellates Morphologic Forms

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  • Amastigote
  • Promastigotes
  • Epimastigote
  • Trypomastigote
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Roundish and oval; a single, large nucleus that is off-center, sometimes
present more toward the edge of the organism; basal body structure known as BLEPHAROBLAST

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Amastigote

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Measures 9 to 15 um in length; The large single nucleus is located in or near the center of the long slender body

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Promastigote

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Slightly wider than that of the promastigote; Large single nucleus is
located at the posterior end
of the organism.

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Epimastigotes

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Typically measures 12 to 35 um
long by 2 to 4 um wide; May often assume the shape of the letters C, S, or U in stained blood films

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Trypomastigote

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is an umbrella term that is used to refer to the BLEPHAROBLAST and small parabasal body

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Kinetoplast

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forms routinely found in human specimens.

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Amastigote and trypomastigote

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are found primarily in tissue and muscle, and CNS within macrophages, where they multiply

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Amastigote

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reproduce and are visible in the peripheral blood.

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Trypomastigote

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may be seen only if blood sample is collected immediately after transmission into a healthy individual or when the appropriate sample is cultured

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Promastigote

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Specimens of choice:

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blood, lymph node and ulcer aspirations, tissue
biopsies, bone marrow, and cerebrospinal fluid.

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common name for an infection with Leishmania tropica; it is a cutaneous form of Leishmaniasis presenting with pus-containing ulcers

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Baghdad boils

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a common name for a cutaneous form of infection caused by
Leishmania mexicana

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Bay sore

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cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. mexicana; commonly
found in Belize, Guatemala, and the Yucatan peninsula in areas where chicle sap is harvested for making chewing gum

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Chiclero ulcer

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a common reference for the cutaneous leishmaniasis
caused by the infecting agents comprising the Leishmania tropic complex

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Oriental sore

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– a common name for visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

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Dum dum fever

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another name for the most severe form of visceral leishmaniasis caused by
members of the Leishmania donovani complex

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Kala-azar

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– reference to mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Peruvian Andes

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Yuta

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– another name for an infection resulting from Leishmania braziliensis, the principal cause of mucocutaneous disease in Central and South America, particularly Brazil

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Espundia

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another name for the infection with Leishmania guyanensis, the principal cause
of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the Guianas, parts of Brazil and Venezuela, also
known as pian bois

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Forest yaws

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a general term for parasitic infection of the blood, into new
environments, finding new host organisms and new vectors

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Parasitemia

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its organisms are the causative
agent may also be referred to as New World

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Leishmania braziliensis complex

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are responsible for
transmitting the promastigotes of L. braziliensis complex into unsuspecting
humans via blood meal, resulting in a skin bite.

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Lutzomyia and Psychodopygus

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The diagnostic stage in humans is the ______ while it serves as the infective stage for the sandflies.
amastigote
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the amastigote transform back into _____ in the fly midgut and multiply
promastigotes
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Large ulcers in the oral or nasal mucosa areas (mucocutaneous) develop in some patients after the initial invasion of the reticuloendothelial cells.
Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
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responsible for Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
Leishmania braziliensis complex
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- Mucocutaneous Leismaniasis specimen of choice: - Giemsa-stained preparations should reveal
- Biopsy of the Infected Ulcer - Amastigotes
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restriction analysis of the kinetoplast DNA
Schizodeme analysis
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nuclear DNA hybridization, and isoenzyme patterns analysis
Zymodeme analysis
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the most widely used treatment for mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
Antileishmanial agent with antimony compounds
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L.braziliensis has shown increased resistance to pentavalent antimonials such as
sodium stibogluconate (Pentosan)
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Organisms of the complex and their diseases may be referred to as Old or New World
Leishmania donovani complex
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L.donovani is capable of being transmitted person to person via
blood transfusion
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High levels of _____ in patients successfully treated with visceral leishmaniasis may indicate parasite remnants.
galactosyl-alpha(1-3)galactose antibodies
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L.donovani primarily affects the _____ of the infected human.
visceral tissue
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Also known as kala-azar or dum dum fever; Patients often present with nondescript abdominal illness and hepatosplenomegaly.
Visceral Leishmaniasis
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Visceral Leishmaniasis Onset of symptoms is gradual and follows an incubation period ranging from _____
2 weeks to 18 months
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Used for screening large populations at risk for infections caused by Leishmania spp.
Montenegro skin test
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(Leishmania donovani complex) Culture of blood, bone marrow and other tissues may show the
promastigote form
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(Leishmania donovani complex) drug of choice
Liposomal amphotericin B (Ambisome)
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(Leishmania donovani complex) Infected patients with AIDS respond to
allopurinol
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* Associated with New World cutaneous leishmaniasis, chiclero ulcer, bay sore * The diseases and their causative agents maybe referred to as New World because of the geographic location of its members.
Leishmania mexicana complex
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New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Leishmania mexicana complex
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Characterized by a single pus-containing ulcer, which is generally self-healing
New World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
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Infections with L.amazonensis have been known to progress to incurable
DCL form
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Associated with diseases and condition namely, Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Oriental sores, Delhi boils, Baghdad boils, dry or urban cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Leishmania tropica complex
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L.tropica complex primarily attacks the
human lymphoid tissue of the skin
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(L.tropica complex) Microscopic examination of Giemsa-stained slides of aspiration of fluid underneath the ulcer bed for the typical
Amastigote
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In L. tropica complex skin test (Montenegro skin test) can be used, however patients with active infection tests
negative
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(L. tropica complex) Effective treatment is
sodium stibogluconate (Pentosam)
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causative agent of the trypanosomal diseases known as nagana and sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucie
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a form of disease found in cattles
nagana
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West African Sleeping Sickness
Trypanosoma brucie gambiense
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two specie of tsetse flies responsible for the transmission of T.b.gambiense
Glosina palpalis and Glosina tachinoides
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T.b.gambiense has shown to be acquired through blood transfusion, organ transplantation, and
congenital transmission
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Humans become infected with T.b. gambiense following injection of _______ by the ______ during its blood meal.
- trypomastigotes - the tsetse fly
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First notable symptom is the development of a painful chancre (ulcer), surrounded by a white halo at the bite site.
West African (Gambian) Sleeping Sickness
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which refers to the enlargement of the cervical lymph nodes in reference to this trypanosomal disease.
Winterbottom’s sign
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a delayed sensation to pain
Kerandel’s sign
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(Trypanosoma brucie gambiense) Giemsa-stained preparations reveal the typical
trypomastigotes
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used for treatment of T.b.gambiense infections.
Melarsoprol, suramin, pentamidine and eflornithine
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Commonly associated with East African Sleeping Sickness; More aggressive than that of the West African Sleeping Sickness.
Trypanosoma brucie rhodesiense
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Trypanosoma brucie rhodesiense vectors
Glossina morsitans and Glossina pallidipes
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Presence of _____ is diagnostic for T.b.rhodesiense.
IgM
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Commonly associated with Chaga's disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Trypanosoma cruzi vector
reduviid bug known as "kissing bug", "conenose bug", and "triatomid bug"
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Edema as well as a rash around the eyes and face may subsequently occur
Chaga's disease
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happens when patients contract T. cruzi through ocular mucosa and develop a characteristic conjunctivitis and unilateral edema of the eyelids
Romana's sign
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is a traditional method of diagnosing T. cruzi
Xenodiagnosis
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T. cruzi (chagas disease) treatment of choice
nifurtimox (Lampit)
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T. rangeli vector
Rhodinus prolixus
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all trypanosoma specie demonstrates _____ in giemsa-stained preparations
trypomastigote

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