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Preferred term

Leishmania mexicana  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana
  • Leishmania leishmania mexicana
  • Leishmania leishmania mexicanas
  • leishmania mexicana, Leishmania
  • mexicana, Leishmania leishmania
  • mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania

Note

  • infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS (IM) or LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS (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 including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007894

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