Preferred Label : leishmania braziliensis;
MeSH 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.;
MeSH synonym : leishmania viannia brasiliensis; leishmania viannia braziliensis; leishmania (viannia) braziliensis; Leishmania brasiliensis; leishmania (viannia) brasiliensis;
CISMeF synonym : brasilienses, leishmania; brasilienses, leishmania brasiliensis; brasiliensis, leishmania viannia; brazilienses, leishmania; brazilienses, leishmania braziliensis; braziliensis peruvianas, leishmania; braziliensis, leishmania viannia; peruviana, leishmania brasiliensis; brasilienses, leishmania viannia; brasiliensis, leishmania; brazilienses, leishmania viannia; braziliensis, leishmania; leishmania brasilienses; leishmania brazilienses; leishmania viannia brasilienses; leishmania viannia brazilienses; viannia brasilienses, leishmania; viannia brasiliensis, leishmania; viannia brazilienses, leishmania; viannia braziliensis, leishmania;
MeSH hyponym : leishmania brasiliensis brasiliensis; leishmania brasiliensis peruviana; leishmania braziliensis peruviana; leishmania braziliensis braziliensis; Leishmania braziliensis brazilienses; braziliensis brazilienses, Leishmania; braziliensis braziliensis, Leishmania; braziliensis, Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania brasiliensis brasilienses; brasiliensis brasilienses, Leishmania; brasiliensis brasiliensis, Leishmania; brasiliensis, Leishmania brasiliensis; Leishmania braziliensis peruvianas; braziliensis peruviana, Leishmania; peruviana, Leishmania braziliensis; peruvianas, Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania brasiliensis peruvianas; brasiliensis peruviana, Leishmania; brasiliensis peruvianas, Leishmania; peruvianas, Leishmania brasiliensis;
MeSH Related Number : txid1448350;
MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS (IM) or LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS
(IM) or LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS (IM); check text but L. guyanensis & L. panamensis
infection LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS; for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN,
for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN;
UNII : txid5660;
Origin ID : D007892;
UMLS CUI : C0023271;
Allowable qualifiers
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
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.
