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MeSH Heading: Leishmania mexicana
Tree Number(s): B01.268.475.868.488.410
Unique ID: D007894
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007894
Annotation: infection: coord IM with LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS (IM) or LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS (IM); for antigens, coord with ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN, for antibodies, coord with ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana; Leishmania leishmania mexicana; Leishmania mexicana amazonensis; Leishmania mexicana mexicana
Registry Numbers: txid5665; txid5659; txid44270
Related Numbers: txid44270; txid5659
Previous Indexing: Leishmania (1966-1985)
Public MeSH Note: 86
History Note: 86
Date Established: 1986/01/01
Date of Entry: 1985/03/20
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0012328
Registry Numbers: txid5665
Related Numbers: txid44270; txid5659
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Leishmania mexicana Preferred Term
Term UI T023555
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1986); Leishmania leishmania mexicana
Term UI T023556
Date04/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana
Term UI T023557
Date04/02/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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