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ClinQuiz: Parasitology - Answer 4A

ClinQuiz

4A) Incorrect. Figure 2 shows amastigotes of Leishmania infantum, which is transmitted to animals via a sandfly bite or, rarely, by fomites such as contaminated needles.11 Leishmania species do not have an environmental cyst form.


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