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Figure 4-14. Electronmicrograph of Leishmania mexicana promastigotes 



in the abdominal midgut of an infected Lutzomyia diabol ica 

 female; P = pellicle; SM = subpellicular microtubules; F = 

 flagellum; FR = flagellar reservoir; K = kinetoplast; M = 

 mitochondrion; N = nucleus; DV = dense inclusion vesicle; 

 FS = flagellar sheath; RT = reservoir tubules; AX = axoneme; 

 MV = microvilli of the midgut; NM = nectomonad; HM = hapto- 

 monad; SA = short-slender, highly active form (approx. magn. 

 x 38,000; bar represents 1 um). 



