Leishmania donovani
Leishmania donovani ___________________
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran France Institute Pasteur Paris, france 1845-1922 The nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907 in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran France Institute Pasteur Paris, France 1845 - 1922 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907 "in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases
Geographic distribution of Visceral leishmaniasis F Leishmaniasis is prevalent world wide: ranging from south east Asia, Indo-Pakistan, Mediterranean north and central Africa, and south and central america
Leishmaniasis is prevalent world wide: ranging from south east Asia, Indo-Pakistan, Mediterranean, north and central Africa, and south and central America
Species Pathogenic in Humans Leishmania donovani( Laveran 1903) Leishmania tropica(CL) Leishmania major(CL) Leishmania aethiopica(CL) LEishmania mexicana(CL) Leishmania braziliensis cl)
Species Pathogenic in Humans Leishmania donovani (Laveran 1903) (VL) Leishmania tropica (CL) Leishmania major (CL) Leishmania aethiopica (CL) Leishmania mexicana (CL) Leishmania brazilliensis (MCL)
Morphology Digenetic Life Cycle Promastigote Amastigote > Insect Mammalian stage Motile Non-motile Midgut > Intracellular
Morphology ▪ Promastigote ➢ Insect ➢ Motile ➢ Midgut ▪ Amastigote ➢ Mammalian stage ➢ Non-motile ➢ Intracellular Digenetic Life Cycle