Leishmaniasis

24/10/01


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Table of Contents

Leishmaniasis

Lecture Topics

Introduction

The Parasite

Morphology

Morphology

Scanning EM of Promastigote Rosette

Promastigote in Culture

Scanning EM TIA

Amastigotes - skin biopsy

Speciation

Species Pathogenic in Humans

Mammalian Hosts

Canine Host

Procavia capensis

Sloth Host

Distribution of Leishmaniasis

PPT Slide

Vectors

Sandfly - Phlebotomous pedifer

Clinical Disease

Initial Infection

Parasite Spread

Visceral Leishmaniasis

VL - Clinical Symptoms

Visceral Leishmaniasis

Epidemiology - Distribution

INFECTION

Post Kala Azar Dermal Leishmanoid

Diagnosis

Biopsy punch

Specificity of L. aethiopica primers

Treatment

Immune Response

Macrophages

Macrophage activation

Vaccines

CL - Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Ethiopian Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Clinical Features

Localised Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Localised Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis

Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Uta

Epidemiology Old World

Epidemiology New World

Diagnosis

Treatment

Control

PPT Slide

Author: Dr David Humber

Email: humber@uel.c.uk