About The Word Leishmania leishmania mexicana

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Leishmania leishmania mexicana

Leishmania leishmania mexicana Definition & Meaning
Leishmania leishmania mexicana Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Medical Term Leishmania 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.

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