Leishmania tropica
"Leishmania tropica" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.
| Descriptor ID |
D007895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.680
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania tropica- Leishmania tropica
- Leishmania tropicas
- tropicas, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) tropica
- Leishmania tropica minor
- Leishmania tropica minors
- minor, Leishmania tropica
- minors, Leishmania tropica
- tropica minor, Leishmania
- Leishmania leishmania tropica
- Leishmania leishmania tropicas
- leishmania tropica, Leishmania
- leishmania tropicas, Leishmania
- tropica, Leishmania leishmania
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania tropica" by people in Profiles.
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Weiss F, Vogenthaler N, Franco-Paredes C, Parker SR. Leishmania tropica-induced cutaneous and presumptive concomitant viscerotropic leishmaniasis with prolonged incubation. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Sep; 145(9):1023-6.