tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post712492580286944122..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 195ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-57455429303365225682012-02-14T04:47:22.064-06:002012-02-14T04:47:22.064-06:00the faint big darkpink blob is the nucleus.
The sm...the faint big darkpink blob is the nucleus.<br />The small clear pink dot is the kinetoplastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-15007223677459191412012-02-13T22:30:30.431-06:002012-02-13T22:30:30.431-06:00Gotta be cutaneous Leishmaniasis > New World; ...Gotta be cutaneous Leishmaniasis > New World; speciation to follow! It is really cool that we can perform the cultures in our lab now. Be nice if we can speciate - though likely will need to rely on the CDC Leishmania for that. Very Cool! - Mundele DjoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-7712905836317097742012-02-13T11:01:37.467-06:002012-02-13T11:01:37.467-06:00Leishmania - at first I thought the skin lesions c...Leishmania - at first I thought the skin lesions could be a reation to the bite of Reduviid bugs and thus, that it could be T. cruzi, but if the lesions are chronic, then I agree with the others above and say that these are Leishmania promastigotes ...Lukus Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128179042544690230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-63711592846149761572012-02-13T10:54:08.385-06:002012-02-13T10:54:08.385-06:00With "chronic non-healing warty skin lesions&...With "chronic non-healing warty skin lesions" I would say Leishmania sp.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031597322569889363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-79575192412378088992012-02-13T09:11:13.176-06:002012-02-13T09:11:13.176-06:00Leishmania promastigotes; the amastigote is seen i...Leishmania promastigotes; the amastigote is seen in tissue, but they convert in culture to promastigotes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-52053932481819238162012-02-13T04:30:01.501-06:002012-02-13T04:30:01.501-06:00could it be Trypanosoma cruzicould it be Trypanosoma cruziAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com