"Leishmania donovani" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.
| Descriptor ID |
D007893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.230
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania donovani- Leishmania donovani
- Leishmania donovanus
- donovanus, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovanus
- donovani, Leishmania leishmania
- donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania donovani" by people in Profiles.
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Expression and purification of an engineered, yeast-expressed Leishmania donovani nucleoside hydrolase with immunogenic properties. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016 07 02; 12(7):1707-20.
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Influence of Brugia malayi life stages and BmAFII fraction on experimental Leishmania donovani infection in hamsters. Acta Trop. 2008 May; 106(2):81-9.
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Visceral leishmaniasis: a threat to immunocompromised patients in non-endemic areas? Clin Microbiol Infect. 2007 Aug; 13(8):751-3.
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Biochemical characterization of Leishmania major aquaglyceroporin LmAQP1: possible role in volume regulation and osmotaxis. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Aug; 65(4):1006-17.
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Antileishmanial activity of liposome-encapsulated amphotericin B in hamsters and monkeys. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 Dec; 30(6):847-51.