Eukaryote
leishmania donovani
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Genus: Leishmania
Definitions related to leishmania donovani:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of parasitic trypanosomatid protozoa in the family Trypanosomatidae. L. donovani causes both visceral and dermal leishmaniasis. This species is the primary cause of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent and East Africa.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Leishmania donovani.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis; the sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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