Eukaryote
leishmania major
leish·man·i·a ma·jor
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Genus: Leishmania
Definitions related to leishmania major:
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Intracellular parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes cutaneous ulcer form of leishmaniasis; transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies; found in north and central Africa, Middle East, and southern Asia.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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