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Leishmania

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Definition: A genus of flagellate protozoa comprising several species that are pathogenic for humans. Organisms of this genus have an amastigote and a promastigote stage in their life cycles. As a result of enzymatic studies this single genus has been divided into two subgenera: Leishmania leishmania and Leishmania viannia. Species within the Leishmania leishmania subgenus include: L. aethiopica, L. arabica, L. donovani, L. enrietti, L. gerbilli, L. hertigi, L. infantum, L. major, L. mexicana, and L. tropica. The following species are those that compose the Leishmania viannia subgenus: L. braziliensis, L. guyanensis, L. lainsoni, L. naiffi, and L. shawi.  infection   
See Also Leishmaniavirus
Examples Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania enriettii; Leishmania guyanensis; Leishmania infantum; Leishmania major; Leishmania mexicana; Leishmania tropica 		Other names Leishmania (Viannia); Leishmania (Leishmania); viannias, Leishmania; viannia, Leishmania; leishmanias, Leishmania; leishmania, Leishmania; Leishmanias (Viannia); Leishmanias (Leishmania); Leishmanias; Leishmania viannias; Leishmania leishmanias; Leishmania viannia; Leishmania leishmania
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
autoclaved Leishmania major vaccine  0   *Leishmaniasis Vaccines Leishmania. Lancet 2000 Nov 4;356(9241):1565-9
GIM1 protein, Leishmania  0   *Protozoan Proteins Leishmania. Mol Cell Biol 1997 Mar;17(3):1093-101
pteridine reductase  EC 1.1.1.253   *Oxidoreductases Leishmania. Adv Exp Med Biol 1993;338:559-62
LcKin protein, Leishmania chagasi;  0   *Antigens, Protozoan *Protozoan Proteins Leishmania Kinesin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993 Jan 15;90(2):775-9
glycoprotein gp63, Leishmania  EC 3.4.24.-   *Metalloendopeptidases Antigens, Protozoan Leishmania Protozoan Proteins Glycosylphosphatidylinositols. J Exp Med 1988;167(2):724
leishmanin  0   *Antigens, Protozoan Leishmania. Allergol Immunopathol 1981;9(2):109

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