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Abstract
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.
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- Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovani
- Leishmania donovanus
- Leishmania leishmania donovanus
- donovani, Leishmania leishmania
- donovanus, Leishmania
- donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.
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do not confuse with LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI see LEISHMANIA INFANTUM or LEISHMANIA DONOVANI INFANTUM see LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN
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- Leishmania (1966-1985)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Leishmania donovani. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007893. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007893
- Leishmania donovani. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmania_donovani
- Leishmania donovani. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1950752