Medical college lectures: Medical helminths 3nd year.

1. LEISHMANIASIS : Dr.Mohamad Shaikhani.

3. 3- Another sandfly bites human and ingests blood infected with Leishmania 2- Sandfly bites human and injects Leishmania into skin 1- Sandfly bites animal and ingests blood infected with Leishmania 4- Cycle continues when sandfly bites another human or animal reservoir

4. LEISHMANIASIS :

6. VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR):

7. VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR):

14. Diagnosis:

25. Cutaneous & mucous leishmaniasis: Solitary facial lesions with satellites Hyraxes L. aethiopica Rapid necrosis, wet sores Gerbils, desert rodents L. major Oriental sore(Baghdad boil) Dogs L. tropica Clinical features Host Leishmania species

26. Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

27. Cutaneous leishmaniasis.