This document discusses different types of haemoflagellates (blood parasites) including Trypanosoma, Leishmania, and Trypanosoma cruzi. It describes the life cycles and transmission of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense which cause African sleeping sickness. It also discusses the different stages of Leishmania parasites and their causes of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. The document provides information on diagnosis and treatment of different haemoflagellate infections.
5. African sleeping sickness
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense: West and
Central Africa, mainly human infection
Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense: East Africa,
wild and domestic animal reservoirs
10. DIAGNOSIS
•1- Trypomastigotes are more in the
blood.
•2- Laboratory animals (mice and rats)
are more susceptible to infection with
posterior nuclear shift.
11. TREATMENT
•Earlier & more intensive treatment by
suramin in the early stage and
melarsoprol in the late stage of
disease.
12. PREVENTION AND CONTROL
• 1-Protection by skin repellents.
• 2-Treatment of cases.
• 3-Control of Glossina (vector).
• 4-Chemoprophylaxis in endemic
areas
13. West Africa
Less plentiful &
Can not live in lab
animals
East Africa
More plentiful &
can live in lab
animals
17. Chronic Chagas’ disease
Parasite attacks:
1. Heart muscle fibers: ECG changes ,
congestive heart failure.
2. Oesophageal muscle fibers:
Megaoesophagus >>>> dysphagia.
3. Colon muscle fibers:
Megacolon >>>> constipation.
4. Less commonlyCNS or thyroid gland
involvement.
5. Exacerbation of infection in immunosuppressed
patients(due to drugs or AIDS).
18. DIAGNOSIS
1. Blood film >>(C-shaped T.cruzi).
2. muscle biopsy by culture or animal
inoculation.
3. Xenodiagnosis.
4. Serological tests
5. Cruzin test (I.D.)
6. Molecular techniques:PCR.
19. TREATMENT
• Primaquine orally (destroys
trypomastigotes in blood and decreases
tissue invasion).
• Nifurtimox (Lampit): 8-10 mg/kg/day for
two months. Or
• Benznidazole (Radanil): 5mg/kg/day for
two months.
• Symptomatic treatment.
27. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Diagnosis:
• Smear: Giemsa stain – microscopy for
LD bodies (amastigotes)
• Biopsy: microscopy for LD bodies or
culture in NNN medium for
promastigotes
28. Visceral leishmaniasis
• There are geographical variations.
• The diseases is called kala-azar
• Leishmania infantum mainly affect
children
• Leishmania donovani mainly affects
adults
any cell (or unicellular organism) that does not have any flagella or cilia
A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is posterior of the nucleus, and connected to the cell body by a long undulating membrane.
A stage in unicellular life-cycle, typically trypanosomes, where the flagellum is anterior of the nucleus, and attached the cell body by a short membrane.
a monophyletic[1] group of unicellular parasitic flagellate protozoa. contains members that may be found both in the circulating blood and intracellularly in cardiac muscle. African - blood; American - cardiac muscle.
They are spread by sandflies. are always intracellular, principally in cells of the reticuloendothelial system.
1- Infected tsetse fly bites a host to take a blood meal & inoculates metacyclic trypomastigotes with saliva into the bite wound.
2- The organisms rapidly transform into trypomastigotes and divide by binary fission in the interstitial spaces at the site of the bite wound.
3- Parasites spread via blood to lymphatic system and CNS.
4- The tsetse fly takes blood meal from an infected host containing trypanosomes.
5- In the midgut of the fly, trypanosomes multiply by longitudinal binary fission & pass forward to hypo-pharynx where they change to epimastigotes.
6- Parasites migrate to the salivary glands and change to short stumpy metacyclic trypomastigotes (infective stage).
7- The cycle inside the vector takes about 3 weeks.
Habitat: Blood, lymphatic system & CNS.
Host: Man. Vector: Glossina palpalis (Tsetse fly, ♂ & ♀).
Reservoir host: May be cattle, goat, pig & monkeys ……… wild game animals
Infective stage: Metacyclic trypomastigotes.
Mode of infection: Bite of infected Glossina palpalis ……….. G. morsitans
inflammatory nodule [painful, red, rubbery, may or may not ulcerate].
Trypomastigotes invade blood & lymphatic system & multiply
Patient gets irregular fever, headache, joint & muscle pain and rash.
Or sleeping sickness stage
By end of 1st year; Trypomastigotes invade CNS >> perivascular infiltration of cerebral vessel with chronic inflammatory cells >> ischaemia & haemorrhage >>meningoencephalitis & meningomyelitis.
Patient suffers of: severe headache, mental apathy, slow speech, tremors, involuntary movements & convulsions.
Sleeping stage develops>>> coma & death [from the disease or from intercurrent infections as malaria, dysentery or
Disease:American trypanosomiasis orChagas 'disease.
Distribution:Central & South America.
Habitat:Blood, reticulo-endothelial cells &muscle fibers (heart).
D.H.: Man.
R.H.: Armadillos, dogs, cats &rodents.
Vector:Triatoma &Rhodnius (reduviid, winged bug).
Infective stage: Metacyclic trypomastigotes
[in faeces of vector, posterior station transmission].
Mode of transmission Contamination of bite wound, skin abrasion or mucous membrane by faeces of infected vector; may be transmitted by - blood transfusion, - organ transplantation & - congenitally.
Unilateral conjunctivitis, edema of eyelids & cheek.
Parasite reaches regional lymph node, blood, organs and tissues producing
Heart failure
death
Affects adults, may be a symptomatic or presenting with symptoms depending upon localization of the parasite.
Xenodiagnosis is a diagnostic method used to document the presence of infectious disease microorganisms
Leishmania major: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: wet lesions with severe reaction
Leishmania tropica: Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: Dry lesions with minimal ulceration
Oriental sore classical self-limited ulcer