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In different parts of the world, widely differing diseases are caused by protozoan parasites known as Leishmania. These parasites have two forms: they exist in human and other animals in an aflagellate state (amastigote or Leish-man-Donovan bodies), while the flagellate stage (promastigote) is found in the insect vector and in culture media. The amastigote is oval or spherical and measures 2 to 6 µ in length and 1 to 2 µ in width. It is an obligate intracellular parasite. The promastigote is 15 to 25 µ long and 2 to 5 µ wide, with a flagellum that can be up to 30 µ long.
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Pettit, J.H.S., Parish, L.C. (1984). Leishmaniasis. In: Manual of Tropical Dermatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8292-8_20
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