SYMPTOMATIC SIGNS OF DISEASES CAUSED BY LEISHMANIAS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUBCLASS ZOOMASTIGINA AND THE KINETOPLASTIDA PHYLUM
Keywords:
Animal protozoa, phylum Kinetoplastida, Leishmanias, symptomatic signs, (Zoomastigina) subclass.Abstract
In this article, the symptomatic signs of diseases caused by Leishmanias, a representative of the Zoomastigina subclass and the Kinetoplastida phylum, are described in detail. Also, species and level of development of the subclass Zoomastigina were analyzed.
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