Concept information
Preferred term
Leishmania braziliensis
Type
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Definition
- A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania viannia that infects man and animals. It causes cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS) depending on the subspecies of this organism. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, is the vector. The Leishmania braziliensis complex includes the subspecies braziliensis and peruviana. Uta, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World, is caused by the subspecies peruviana.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Leishmania brasiliensis
- Leishmania (Viannia) brasiliensis
- Leishmania viannia brasiliensis
- Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis
- Leishmania viannia braziliensis
- txid1448350
- txid5660
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- cytology (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Leishmania braziliensis
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Leishmania viannia brasiliensis
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Leishmania viannia braziliensis
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txid1448350
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txid5660
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JKB7FMD4-F
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