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Leishmania (life cycle (transmitted by the bite of infected female…
Leishmania
life cycle
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sandflies inject the infective stage (i.e., promastigotes) from their proboscis during blood meals
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Progmastigotes transform in these cells into the tissue stage of the parasite (i.e., amastigotes)
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In sandflies, amastigotes transform into promastigotes, develop in the gut
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Sandfly vector
Lutzomyia spp. in South America, Western hemisphere
(Phlebotomus spp. in India, China, Mediterranean, east Africa
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vector-borne diseases
Leishmaniosis, leishmaniasis
infective stage
sandflies inject the infective stage (i.e., promastigotes
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