Ultrastructural study of Leishmania tropica in the amastigote phase
Massmanian, A.; Martinez Ojeda, L.; Ramirez Bosca, A.; Castells Rodellas, A.; Pellin Perez, A.
Medicina Cutanea Ibero-Latino-Americana 17(4): 205-208
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-5187 PMID: 2693856 Document Number: 343283
A case is reported of cutaneous leishmaniasis with an ultrastructural study of the amastigote form, emphasizing and discussing the presence of two flagella inwards in the same parasite, a fact which is indicative of the great activity of the parasite in host lesions.
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