“Visceral Leishmaniasis”
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● A macrophage with numerous intracellular amastigotes (2-4μm) in a Giemsa-stained splenic smear from a patient with visceral leishmaniasis,
● Each amastigote contains a nucleus and a characteristic kinetoplast consisting of multiple copies of mitochondrial DNA.
A few extracellular parasites are also visible.