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Yutaka Tsutsumi, M.D., Professor, Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
Under the acellular culture condition, the protozoa transforms into the form of promastigote, a flagellated and elongated morphology seen in the mid-gut of the vector. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a benign, self-limiting infection caused by leishmanian parasites. Regarding the visceral leishmaniasis (kala azar), refer to case 50.
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