Preferred Label : leishmania major;
MeSH definition : A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man
and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old
World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.;
MeSH synonym : leishmania tropica major; leishmania leishmania majors; leishmania major, leishmania; leishmania majors; leishmania tropica majors; major, leishmania leishmania; majors, leishmania; majors, leishmania leishmania; majors, leishmania tropica; tropica majors, leishmania; leishmania leishmania major; leishmania (leishmania) major; tropica major, leishmania;
CISMeF synonym : major, leishmania; major, leishmania tropica; leishmania majors, leishmania;
MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS,
PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; infection: coordinate with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; coordinate with specific protozoan
terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent;
UNII : txid5664;
Origin ID : D018320;
UMLS CUI : C0023276;
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man
and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old
World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
