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amastigote

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amastigote /amas·ti·gote/ (ah-mas´tĭ-gōt) the nonflagellate, intracellular, morphologic stage in the development of certain hemoflagellates, resembling the typical adult form of Leishmania.
a·mas·ti·gote (-mst-gt)
n.
See Leishman-Donovan body.
amastigote
an early stage in the life cycle of trypanosomes, found in invertebrates. The body is rounded and the flagellum is absent or represented by a short fibril. The kinetoplast is present.


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Detection of lectin activity in Leishmania promastigotes and amastigotes.
Distinct transmission cycles of Leishmania tropica in 2 adjacent ... by Warburg, Alon / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Cultures and recombinant immunoenzymatic testing can detect the presence of Leishmania amastigotes and facilitate the differential diagnosis.
A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. (Original Article) by Fornaro, Vincenzo / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Diagnoses of VL were confirmed by [greater than or equal to] 1 method: microscopic identification of amastigotes in tissue aspirates; histologic examination of biopsy material from bone marrow, liver, or spleen; serologic analysis; and PCR for leishmania DNA (7).
Changing pattern of visceral leishmaniasis, United Kingdom, 1985-2004 by Lockwood, Diana N.J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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