Eukaryote
leishmania mexicana
Subclass of:
Genus: Leishmania
Definitions related to leishmania mexicana:
  • 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A species of parasitic trypanosomatid protozoa in the family Trypanosomatidae. L. mexicana is endemic in South and Central America and causes the mildest form of leishmaniasis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Leishmania mexicana.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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