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[[Image:Leishmania Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Leishmania Life Cycle - Wikimedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Leishmania Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Leishmania Life Cycle - Wikimedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Leishmania donovani.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Leishmania donovani'' in bone marrow cell - Dr. L.L. Moore, Jr.]]
 
[[Image:Leishmania donovani.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Leishmania donovani'' in bone marrow cell - Dr. L.L. Moore, Jr.]]
 
[[Image:Leishmania tropica.jpg|right|thumb|150px|''L. tropica'' <p> Yutaka TsutsumiWikiMedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Leishmania tropica.jpg|right|thumb|150px|''L. tropica'' <p> Yutaka TsutsumiWikiMedia Commons]]
*''Leishmania'' spp. are intracellular parasites of [[Macrophage|macrophages]]
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*Are closely related to ''Trypanosoma'' spp.
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==Overview==
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''Leishmania spp.'' are intracellular parasites of [[Macrophage|macrophages]] from the same family as ''Trypanosoma spp.''. These organisms parasitise human, dogs and wild animals throughout southern Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. The infection is transmitted by sandflies. Infection can cause both cutaneous and visceral disease. Three types of ''Leishmania spp.'' are described;
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# Hypoplaria - found in lizards that ingest the sandfly intermediate host. Development occurs in the hindgut of the fly.
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# Peripylaria - found in mammals and lizards, development occurs in the fore- and hindgut of the fly.
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# Suprpylaria - found only in mammals transmitted by the bite of a sandfly, development occurs in the fore- and midgut of the fly.
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*Cause diseases in humans, dogs and wild animals
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==Recognition==
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*Present in southern Europe, Africa, Asia and south America
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*Can cause both cutaneous and visceral diseases
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'''Recognition'''
   
*Ovoid shaped
 
*Ovoid shaped
  
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