Medical Microbiology

Leishmania 497

Leishmaniainfantum:LifeCycle

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Fig.9.9 1Inoculationofpromastigotestagesbysandfly; 2 ingestionofparasites

byphagocytes(Langerhanscells,dendriticcells,macrophages); 3 amastigote

forminparasitophorousvacuoleofamacrophage; 4 reproductionofamastigote

formsinamacrophage; 5 ingestionofamastigoteformsbysandflywithblood

meal; 6 transformationintopromastigoteformandmultiplicationininsect;

7 dogasreservoirhost.

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