Organisms

Leishmania mexicana

A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector.

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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector.

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  • Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana
  • Leishmania leishmania mexicana
  • Leishmania leishmania mexicanas
  • Leishmania mexicanas
  • leishmania mexicana, Leishmania
  • mexicana, Leishmania
  • mexicana, Leishmania leishmania
  • mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania
  • Leishmania mexicana amazonensis
  • Leishmania mexicana mexicana
  • Leishmania mexicana amazonenses
  • Leishmania mexicana mexicanas
  • amazonenses, Leishmania mexicana
  • amazonensis, Leishmania mexicana
  • mexicana amazonensis, Leishmania
  • mexicana mexicana, Leishmania
  • mexicana mexicanas, Leishmania
  • mexicana, Leishmania mexicana

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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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infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS (IM) or LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN

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Previous Indexing

  • Leishmania (1966-1985)

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  1. B01w.268.475.868.488w.410w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Leishmania mexicana. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007894. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007894
  2. Leishmania mexicana. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leishmania_mexicana
  3. Leishmania mexicana. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2493771