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Preferred term

Leishmania tropica  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Leishmania (Leishmania) tropica
  • Leishmania leishmania tropica
  • Leishmania tropica minor

Note

  • infection: coordinate with probably LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS or other specific leishmaniasis term if appropriate; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc) if pertinent

Scope note

  • A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects humans and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.

History note

  • 86; LEISHMANIA TROPICA MINOR was LEISHMANIA MINOR see LEISHMANIA TROPICA 1986-91

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007895

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