Amastigote

Amastigotes, the intracellular form of the mammalian stage of the parasite life that replicates.[1]

An amastigote is a protist cell that does not have visible external flagella or cilia. The term is used mainly to describe a certain phase in the life-cycle of trypanosome protozoans. It is also called the leishmanial stage, since in Leishmania it is the form the parasite takes in the vertebrate host, but occurs in all trypanosome genera.

References

  1. ↑ Kahn, S; Wleklinski, M; Aruffo, A; Farr, A; Coder, D; Kahn, M (1995). "Trypanosoma cruzi amastigote adhesion to macrophages is facilitated by the mannose receptor". Journal of Experimental Medicine 182 (3): 1243–1258. doi:10.1084/jem.182.5.1243. PMC 2192192. PMID 7595195. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
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