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Preferred term

Leishmania donovani  

Type

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • donovani, Leishmania leishmania
  • donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
  • leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
  • Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
  • Leishmania leishmania donovani
  • Leishmania leishmania donovanus

Note

  • do not confuse with LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI see LEISHMANIA INFANTUM or LEISHMANIA DONOVANI INFANTUM see LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN

Scope note

  • A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007893

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