"Leishmania infantum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). Human infections are confined almost entirely to children. This parasite is commonly seen in dogs, other Canidae, and porcupines with humans considered only an accidental host. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania infantum- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmania leishmania infantum
- infantum, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania infantum, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum
- Leishmania donovani infantum
- donovani infantum, Leishmania
- infantum, Leishmania donovani
Leishmania chagasi- Leishmania chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania donovani chagasi
- donovani chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi chagasi
- chagasi chagasi, Leishmania
- chagasi, Leishmania chagasi
- Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
- Leishmania infantum chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania infantum
- infantum chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi subsp. Chagasi
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania infantum" by people in Profiles.
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Soares RP, Macedo ME, Ropert C, Gontijo NF, Almeida IC, Gazzinelli RT, Pimenta PF, Turco SJ. Leishmania chagasi: lipophosphoglycan characterization and binding to the midgut of the sand fly vector Lutzomyia longipalpis. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2002 May; 121(2):213-24.