PPT-Leishmaniasis INTRODUCTION

1900 Sir William Leishman discovered L donovani in spleen smears of a soldier who died of fever at DumDum India The disease was known locally as DumDum fever or. Sreenivas Poonam Salotra Hira L Nakhasi Division of Emerging Transfusion Transmitted Diseases Office of Blood Research Review Center for Biologics Research Review US Food Drug Administration Bethesda USA Institute of Pathology Safdarjung Hospi Rick Speare. Emeritus Professor . James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. &. Director, Tropical Health Solutions. 31 October 2013. rickspeare@gmail.com. Presented at:. Rural Medicine Australia 2013. presented by. Dr . Hadeel. F. Gad. Leishmania . and Mycobacterium TB share many similarities in their pathogenesis and both pathogens are macrophage parasites. . Furthermore, . co-infection by the two pathogens is not uncommon in clinical practice in East Africa and in other parts of the world (Sati 1942; el-Safi et al. 1995; Khalil et al. 1998, . L. . donovani. . : revealing the correlation of its pathogenesis and species-specific genes. . Presented by. Dr. . . Monidipa. . Ghosh. Assistant Professor. Department of Biotechnology. NIT Durgapur. – . Experiences In . Marsabit. County. Presented by: . Abduba. . L. iban. . CDSC, . Marsabit. County. 0n 9. th. February 2016 at the ASTMH Conference. outline. Brief county profile. S. tatus of . Margriet. . den . Boer. KalaCORE Regional Coordinator , East Africa. Symposium Innovation for Access to Treatment for Neglected Diseases. ASTMH, February 9, Nairobi. 2015, photo by . K. alaCORE. 2015, photo by . presented by. Dr . Hadeel. F. Gad. Leishmania . and Mycobacterium TB share many similarities in their pathogenesis and both pathogens are macrophage parasites. . Furthermore, . co-infection by the two pathogens is not uncommon in clinical practice in East Africa and in other parts of the world (Sati 1942; el-Safi et al. 1995; Khalil et al. 1998, . liposomes. . Prof. . Nahid. Ali. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. 4, Raja S.C. . Mullick. Road. Kolkata 700032 . Caused by . Leishmania donovani . and . L. infantum. Approximately 300 000 new visceral cases occur annually (90% in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Nepal, South Sudan and Sudan). – . Experiences In . Marsabit. County. Presented by: . Abduba. . L. iban. . CDSC, . Marsabit. County. 0n 9. th. February 2016 at the ASTMH Conference. outline. Brief county profile. S. tatus of . BIOGRAPHYDr Ravi Durvasula received his BSc and MD degrees from McGill University in Montreal Canada He then completed internship and residency at Bayor College of Medicine in Houston TX where he also :   . Sarcomastigophora. 2 medically important genera: . Trypanosoma. and . Leishmania. Important pathogens of . humans. All pathogenic species transmitted by . insects. All have more or less complex cycles alternating from one morphologic form to another. . Suhad Faisal . Hatem. . Flagellate of blood and tissue . This parasite include two genus . Leishmania. spp. . . and. . Trypansoma. spp. .. They are pathogenic to man and may exist in two or more form in life cycle (. asst.l. . . Mohammed Abdulrasool. . 2.Trichomonas . vaginalis. . Pathogenic to human &causes vaginitis (. trichomoniasis. ).. troph. . Is round or pear like in shape, contains 4-6 flagella, all originating from anterior end & only one extend posteriorly. The motility is rapid & jerky. . Dr.Shaymaa. Abdalal. Demonstrator in Medical Parasitology Department . The Parasite. Phylum. Order. Family. Genus. Sarcomastigophora. Kinetoplastida. Trypanosomatidae. Leishmania. Leishmaniasis. Disease.