Leishmania is a protist genus that causes the disease known as leishmaniasis. The main infection vector are mosquitoes of the genera Phlebotomus (in Eurasia and Africa) and Lutzomyia (in America). Their victims are vertebrates: the leishmaniasis affect marsupials, canidae, rodents and primates. It is estimated that about 12 million humans currently suffer from leishmaniasis.

CYCLE	Parasitic forms
	-amastigote •2 to 5 microns in length •Intracellular •Without flagella •Light blue cytoplasm and large nucleus kinetoplast -promastigote •Inoculated •10 to 15 microns long •Nucleus in the middle part of the body •Kinetoplast anterior to the nucleus •Flagellated (rosetta)

Leishmania donovanii Objective 100X	Leishmania donovanii Objective 100X	Leishmania donovanii(amastigote details) Objective 100X

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