| Leishmania |
flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis
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| leishmaniasis |
sores resulting from a tropical infection by protozoa of the genus Leishmania which are spread by sandflies
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| Leishmania |
Leishmania is a genus of parasitic flagellate, belonging to the trypanosomes and responsible for diseases such as leishmaniasis. Leishmania is spread through sand flies, with two different vectors: Phlebotomus in the Old World, and Lutzomyia in the New World. The parasite have two morphological states: promastigote (leptimonad), which lives in the digestive tract of the fly, and amastigote, which is found in the lysosomes in the macrophages of vertebrates. ...
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| leishmaniasis |
a group of parasitic diseases affecting the skin, mucous membranes, and internal organs; transmitted by the bite of a sandfly
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| Leishmania |
Parasitic flagellated protozoans which cause diseases in animals including humans, most notably leishmaniasis.
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