Abstract
The intracellular infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania involves the formation of parasitophorous vacuoles (PV) in which the parasite develops and multiplies within macrophages. Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis multiply in spacious PVs that contain more than one amastigote, while most of the species studied as L. (L.) major and L. (L.) donov…