Infection is diagnosed by rK39 antibody test

Has a amastigote form present in sandfly

Has erythrocytic and exoerythrocytic cycles

Is absent in skin nodule of PKDL

Leishmania donovani

Regarding Leishmania donovani

A

Causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis

B

Kinetoplast is situated anterior to the nucleus in promastigote form

C

LD body is present within RBC

D

Multiplies by binary fission

E

Produces amastigote form in the sandfly

Amastigotes of Leishmania donovani are detected in

A

Spleen aspirate

B

Bone-marrow aspirate

C

Epiltrochlear lymph node

D

Polymorph nuclear leukocytes

E

Infected sand fly

Facts about Leishmania donovani

A

Phlebotomus argentipes is the vector

B

Cultured in NNN media '

C

Survive in clamastocyte

D

Amastigote form is the pathogenic form

E

Produce black water fever

Promastigote form of Leishmania donovani are detected in

A

Blood culture

B

Infected sand fly

C

Bone marrow aspirate

D

Buffy coat smear

E

Polymorphonuclear leucocyte

Leishmania donovani

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