 Leishmania infantum
"Leishmania infantum" 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 animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). Human infections are confined almost entirely to children. This parasite is commonly seen in dogs, other Canidae, and porcupines with humans considered only an accidental host. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
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D018314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania infantum- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmania leishmania infantum
- infantum, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania infantum, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum
- Leishmania donovani infantum
- donovani infantum, Leishmania
- infantum, Leishmania donovani
Leishmania chagasi- Leishmania chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania donovani chagasi
- donovani chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi chagasi
- chagasi chagasi, Leishmania
- chagasi, Leishmania chagasi
- Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
- Leishmania infantum chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania infantum
- infantum chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi subsp. Chagasi
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania infantum" by people in Profiles.
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Gomes RS, Silva MVT, Dos Santos JC, van Linge C, Reis JM, Teixeira MM, Pinto SA, Dorta ML, Bai X, Chan ED, Dinarello CA, Oliveira MAP, Joosten LAB, Ribeiro-Dias F. Human Interleukin-32? Plays a Protective Role in an Experimental Model of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Mice. Infect Immun. 2018 05; 86(5).
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Chang HK, Thalhofer C, Duerkop BA, Mehling JS, Verma S, Gollob KJ, Almeida R, Wilson ME. Oxidant generation by single infected monocytes after short-term fluorescence labeling of a protozoan parasite. Infect Immun. 2007 Feb; 75(2):1017-24.
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