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Review Questions

  1. True/False Leishmania species are extracellular pathogens?

  2. Where are Leishmania species, and consequently the disease, endemic? Circle all that apply.
    Australia
    Middle East
    Regions around the Mediterranean Sea
    North America
    Central and South America
    Asia
    Africa
    Northern Europe

  3. What is the name of the human disease caused by Leishmania species?

  4. Name the different types of Leishmaniasis. Which is the most severe? Which is the most mild?

  5. True/False Leishmania only undergoes human-to-human transmission.

  6. When a human gets infected with a Leishmania species, it replicates in this cell type.

  7. What is the vector for disease transmission of Leishmaniasis?

  8. True/False Each specific species of sand fly is associated with a specific species of Leishmania.

  9. Circle the forms that have been observed for Leishmania.
    Epimastigote
    Deltamastigote
    Metayclic promastigote
    Metacyclic amastigote
    Amastigote
    Procyclic promastigote
    Picyclic amastigote

  10. Changes in the molecule lipoposphoglycan (LPG) are involved in the transition from what form to what form?

  11. How do Leishmania species invade macrophages?

  12. Why is it difficult to control Leishmaniasis disease spread?

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