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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Leishmania mexicana
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Leishmania mexicana
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Leishmania mexicana
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Synonyms English:
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Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana
Leishmania mexicana amazonensis
Leishmania mexicana mexicana
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Tree Number:
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B01.268.475.868.488.410
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Definition English:
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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. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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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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History Note English:
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86
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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19509
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Unique Identifier:
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D007894
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