"Leishmania" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A genus of flagellate protozoa comprising several species that are pathogenic for humans. Organisms of this genus have an amastigote and a promastigote stage in their life cycles. As a result of enzymatic studies this single genus has been divided into two subgenera: Leishmania leishmania and Leishmania viannia. Species within the Leishmania leishmania subgenus include: L. aethiopica, L. arabica, L. donovani, L. enrietti, L. gerbilli, L. hertigi, L. infantum, L. major, L. mexicana, and L. tropica. The following species are those that compose the Leishmania viannia subgenus: L. braziliensis, L. guyanensis, L. lainsoni, L. naiffi, and L. shawi.
| Descriptor ID |
D007891
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania viannia- Leishmania viannia
- Leishmania viannias
- viannias, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Viannia)
- Leishmanias (Viannia)
Leishmania (Leishmania)- Leishmania (Leishmania)
- Leishmanias (Leishmania)
- Leishmania leishmania
- Leishmania leishmanias
- leishmanias, Leishmania
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania" by people in Profiles.
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A Leishmania secretion system for the expression of major ampullate spidroin mimics. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0178201.
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Carrier protein influences immunodominance of a known epitope: implication in peptide vaccine design. Vaccine. 2013 Sep 23; 31(41):4682-8.
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TriTrypDB: a functional genomic resource for the Trypanosomatidae. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jan; 38(Database issue):D457-62.
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The Mediterranean red alga Asparagopsis: a source of compounds against Leishmania. Mar Drugs. 2009 Aug 11; 7(3):361-6.
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No walk in the park. Am J Med. 2005 Jul; 118(7):715-6.
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Antiprotozoal activities of Colombian plants. J Ethnopharmacol. 2001 Dec; 78(2-3):193-200.