Eukaryote
leishmania tropica
Subclass of:
Genus: Leishmania
Definitions related to leishmania tropica:
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A species of parasitic trypanosomatid protozoa in the family Trypanosomatidae. L. tropica infection results in a non-ulcerating disease.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Any unicellular, eukaryotic organism that can be assigned to the species Leishmania tropica.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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