"Leishmania infantum" 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). Human infections are confined almost entirely to children. This parasite is commonly seen in dogs, other Canidae, and porcupines with humans considered only an accidental host. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018314
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.325
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania infantum- Leishmania infantum
- Leishmania leishmania infantum
- infantum, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania infantum, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum
- Leishmania donovani infantum
- donovani infantum, Leishmania
- infantum, Leishmania donovani
Leishmania chagasi- Leishmania chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania donovani chagasi
- donovani chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi chagasi
- chagasi chagasi, Leishmania
- chagasi, Leishmania chagasi
- Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi
- Leishmania infantum chagasi
- chagasi, Leishmania infantum
- infantum chagasi, Leishmania
- Leishmania chagasi subsp. Chagasi
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania infantum" by people in Profiles.
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Expression of a rK39 homologue from an Iranian Leishmania infantum isolate in Leishmania tarentolae for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Parasit Vectors. 2019 Dec 18; 12(1):593.
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Importance of L. Infantum H2B Recombinant Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis. Iran J Immunol. 2019 Dec; 16(4):311-320.
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The Gut Microbiome of the Vector Lutzomyia longipalpis Is Essential for Survival of Leishmania infantum. mBio. 2017 01 17; 8(1).
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Transport of inorganic phosphate in Leishmania infantum and compensatory regulation at low inorganic phosphate concentration. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Mar; 1830(3):2683-9.
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Immunogenicity of the P-8 amastigote antigen in the experimental model of canine visceral leishmaniasis. Vaccine. 2007 Feb 09; 25(8):1534-43.
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Intradermal infection model for pathogenesis and vaccine studies of murine visceral leishmaniasis. Infect Immun. 2003 Jan; 71(1):401-10.
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Epidemiologic surveillance of visceral leishmaniasis in Sicily, Italy. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 Jul; 57(1):75-8.