__ a protozoan disease caused by the Genus Leishmania with many species effecting man and animals alike
Leischmaniasis
What are the most common of the Leischemaniasis?
Leishmania donovani
Leishmania canis
The protozoan (Leischmaniasis) utilizes the __ as its mechanical vector to move the protozoan from one host to another. Common along the coastal states, Centeral and South America
Sand Fly
What are some clinical signs of leischmaniasis?
wasting, muscle atrophy, conjunctivitis
If Leischmania gets into the blood, where does it go?
Liver and lungs (filter organs)
If Leischmania gets under the skin, what happens?
it causes absess which sometimes have to be cut out