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Descriptor English: Leishmania donovani
Descriptor Spanish: Leishmania donovani
Descriptor Leishmania donovani
Entry term(s) Leishmania (leishmania) donovani
Scope note: Parásito hemoflagelado del subgénero Leishmania leishmania que infecta al hombre y a los animales y produce la leishmaniosis visceral (LEISHMANIASIS VISCERAL). Los vectores son mosquitos de los géneros Phlebotomus y Lutzomyia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leishmania donovani
Descriptor French: Leishmania donovani
Entry term(s): Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
Leishmania donovanus
Leishmania leishmania donovani
Leishmania leishmania donovanus
donovani, Leishmania leishmania
donovanus, Leishmania
donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
Tree number(s): B01.268.475.868.488.230
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007893
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: 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
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Leishmania (1966-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 86
History Note: 86
DeCS ID: 19005
Unique ID: D007893
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Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/03/20
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Leishmania donovani - Preferred
Concept UI M0012327
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Leishmania donovani
Entry term(s) Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
Leishmania donovanus
Leishmania leishmania donovani
Leishmania leishmania donovanus
donovani, Leishmania leishmania
donovanus, Leishmania
donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
leishmania donovanus, Leishmania



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