VPA-0079
QUESTION
Amastigote state is present in?
OPTIONS
(A) Trypanosoma evansi
(B) Trypanosoma equiperdum
(C) Trypanosoma equinum
(D) Leishmania donovani
ANSWER
(D) Leishmania donovani
EXPLANATION
The amastigote stage occurs in Leishmania, where intracellular amastigotes multiply within macrophages of the vertebrate host. Trypanosoma evansi, T. equiperdum, and T. equinum characteristically occur in trypomastigote forms rather than the intracellular amastigote form described here.
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