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Descriptor English:
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Leishmania
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Leishmania
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Leishmania
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Synonyms English:
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Leishmania (Leishmania)
Leishmania (Viannia)
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Tree Number:
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B01.500.841.750.443.950.450.868.488
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Definition English:
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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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Indexing Annotation English:
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infection = LEISHMANIASIS or its specifics; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; a virus infecting Leishmania is named LEISHMANIAVIRUS: read MeSH definition there
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See Related English:
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Leishmaniavirus
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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8072
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Unique Identifier:
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D007891
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