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|<big>'''How can you treat or prevent ''Leishmania'' infections?'''
|<big>'''How can you treat and prevent ''Leishmania'' infections?'''
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*'''''Chemotherapy'''''
*'''''Chemotherapy'''''
*'''''Destruction of infected and stray dogs'''''
*'''''Destruction of infected and stray dogs'''''
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Leishmania|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Leishmania|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Which disease so ''Trypanosome'' species cause in cattle and in humans?'''
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*'''''Nagana in cattle (wasting disease)'''''
*'''''Chagas disease in humans, armadillos and possums'''''
*'''''Sleeping sickness in humans'''''
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Trypanosoma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about ''Leishmania'' infections?'''
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||<big>Salivarian ''trypanosome'' species multiply in the <font color="white">'''''proboscis'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''foregut'''''</font> of <font color="white">'''''Tsetse flies'''''</font>. This also known as <font color="white">'''''anterior station development'''''</font>. Stercorian ''trypanosome'' species multiply in the <font color="white">'''''hindgut'''''</font> of <font color="white">'''''Triatomid bugs, keds'''''</font> and <font color="white">'''''tabanids'''''</font>. This also known as <font color="white">'''''posterior station development'''''</font>.
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Trypanosoma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What are the general clinical signs of ''Leishmania'' infections?'''
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*'''''Anaemia'''''
*'''''Enlarged lymph nodes and spleen'''''
*'''''Degeneration and inflammation of multiple organs'''''
*'''''Loss of body condition'''''
*'''''Oedema of the limbs and genitalia in horses'''''
*'''''Myocarditis and corneal opacity in dogs and cats'''''
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Trypanosoma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How are ''Leishmania'' infections diagnosed?'''
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*'''''Giemsa stained smears'''''
*'''''Fresh blood films looking for motile trypanosomes'''''
*'''''Haematocrit tubes looking for motile trypanosomes at the buffy coat/plasma interface'''''
||[[Tropical Protozoa#Trypanosoma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Other Important Protozoa</font>==
==<font color="purple">Other Important Protozoa</font>==