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Eukaryota > Euglenozoa > Kinetoplastida > Trypanosomatina > Leishmania

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Leishmania  

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  • Leishmania (Leishmania)
  • Leishmanias (Leishmania)
  • Leishmania viannia
  • Leishmania viannias
  • viannias, Leishmania

Note

  • infection = LEISHMANIASIS or its specifics; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent; a virus infecting Leishmania is named LEISHMANIAVIRUS: see note there

Scope note

  • A genus of flagellate protozoa comprising several species that are pathogenic for humans. Organisms of this genus have an amastigote and a promastigote stage in their life cycles. As a result of enzymatic studies this single genus has been divided into two subgenera: Leishmania leishmania and Leishmania viannia. Species within the Leishmania leishmania subgenus include: L. aethiopica, L. arabica, L. donovani, L. enrietti, L. gerbilli, L. hertigi, L. infantum, L. major, L. mexicana, and L. tropica. The following species are those that compose the Leishmania viannia subgenus: L. braziliensis, L. guyanensis, L. lainsoni, L. naiffi, and L. shawi.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007891

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