- An
amastigote is a
protist cell that does not have
visible external flagella or cilia. The term is used
mainly to
describe an
intracellular phase in the...
- example, the
amastigote (prefix "a-",
meaning no flagellum) form is also
known as the
leishmanial form as all
Leishmania have an
amastigote life
cycle stage...
-
called an
amastigote,
which is round, non-motile, and only 3–7
micrometers in diameter.
Inside the
stomach of the sandfly, the
amastigotes quickly transform...
-
amastigotes.
Granulocytes selectively kill the
promastigotes by
oxidative mechanism,
while amastigotes are resistant. Then the
surviving amastigotes undergo...
-
invertebrate host.
Intracellular lifecycle stages are
normally found in the
amastigote form. The
trypomastigote morphology is
unique to
species in the genus...
- into a
replicative form
called an
amastigote,
which undergoes several rounds of replication. The
replicated amastigotes transform back into trypomastigotes...
-
puncture wound are
phagocytized by macrophages, and
transform into
amastigotes.
Amastigotes multiply in
infected cells and
affect different tissues, depending...
- host. When
macrophages phagocytize the parasite, it
transitions into its
amastigote form,
rapidly dividing to
break the host cell open and
infect other mononuclear...
- and into an
amastigote in tissues. As the
infection progresses, the
number of
infected cells increases, as well as the
number of
amastigotes per infected...
-
stage of
their life cycle, they
exist in two
structural variants, as: The
amastigote form is
found in the
mononuclear phagocytes and
circulatory systems of...
