Concept information
Preferred term
Leishmania infantum
Type
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Definition
- 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. An isolate that is genetically identical to Leishmania infantum. It is the etiologic agent of LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL in the Americas.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Leishmania donovani infantum
- Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum
- Leishmania leishmania infantum
- txid44271
- txid5671
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 (Leishmania) infantum
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Leishmania donovani infantum
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Leishmania leishmania infantum
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txid44271
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txid5671
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MTFDDJF6-1
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