Abstract:

The fine structures of amastigo-tes of Leishmania strain isolated from a naturally infected racoon dog(Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray) in the suburb of Beijing were stu-died and compared with the data in medical literature.The parasites are much similar to those of L.donovani complex under electron microscopy. Inclusion body-like substances were seen for the first time in their cy-toplasm but the nature of these bo-dies needs further study.