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Fig. 1 Morphology of Leishmania strain 218-L139 promastigotes and amastigotes. Cultured Leishmania strain 218-L139 promastigotes as observed under DIC microscopy following growth in complete RPMI culture medium without gentamicin (A). Giemsa-stained touch preparation made from a cutaneous lesion, showing Leishmania strain 218-L139 amastigotes inside a mononuclear phagocyte in addition to free amastigotes (B). Giemsastained smear of cultured promastigotes of Leishmania strain 218-L139 grown in gentamicin-free complete RPMI medium (C)