Basics about Life Cycle
- Leishmania donovani, is a digenetic protozoan parasite.
- The life cycle completes in two hosts: the primary host is human, and the secondary host (vector) is sand-fly.
- It causes Indian kala azar.
- The flagellates belonging to Leishmania genus causes zoonotic disease called Leishmaniasis.
- The protozoan parasite occurs in two morphologically discrete forms: (a) Amastigote form and (b) Promastigote form.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMISTIGOTE and PROMASTIGOTE FORM of Leishmania:
Disease life Cycle is as Follows:
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