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Descriptor English: Leishmania major
Descriptor Spanish: Leishmania major
Descriptor Leishmania major
Entry term(s) Leishmania (leishmania) major
Leishmania tropica major
Scope note: Parásitos hemoflagelados del subgénero Leishmania leishmania que infectan al hombre y los animales y producen la leishmaniosis cutánea (LEISHMANIASIS CUTÁNEA) del Viejo Mundo. La transmisión es por el mosquito Phlebotomus.
Descriptor Portuguese: Leishmania major
Descriptor French: Leishmania major
Entry term(s): Leishmania (Leishmania) major
Leishmania leishmania major
Leishmania leishmania majors
Leishmania majors
Leishmania tropica major
Leishmania tropica majors
leishmania major, Leishmania
major, Leishmania leishmania
majors, Leishmania
majors, Leishmania leishmania
majors, Leishmania tropica
tropica major, Leishmania
tropica majors, Leishmania
Tree number(s): B01.268.475.868.488.405
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018320
Scope note: A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; coordinate with specific protozoan terms (ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, etc.) if pertinent
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)
Leishmania tropica (1986-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94; was LEISHMANIA TROPICA MAJOR see LEISHMANIA TROPICA 1992-93; was LEISHMANIA MAJOR see LEISHMANIA TROPICA 1986-91
Online Note: use LEISHMANIA TROPICA to search LEISHMANIA TROPICA MAJOR 1992-93 & LEISHMANIA MAJOR 1986-91
History Note: 94; was LEISHMANIA TROPICA MAJOR see LEISHMANIA TROPICA 1992-93; was LEISHMANIA MAJOR see LEISHMANIA TROPICA 1986-91
DeCS ID: 31360
Unique ID: D018320
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1993/06/03
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Leishmania major - Preferred
Concept UI M0027555
Scope note A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
Preferred term Leishmania major
Entry term(s) Leishmania (Leishmania) major
Leishmania leishmania major
Leishmania leishmania majors
Leishmania majors
Leishmania tropica major
Leishmania tropica majors
leishmania major, Leishmania
major, Leishmania leishmania
majors, Leishmania
majors, Leishmania leishmania
majors, Leishmania tropica
tropica major, Leishmania
tropica majors, Leishmania



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