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Leishmania
(redirected from Leishmania tropica)

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Leishmania [lēsh′man·ē·ə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A genus of flagellated protozoan parasites that are the etiologic agents of several diseases of humans, such as leishmaniasis.


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Transmission of Leishmania tropica was studied in 2 adjacent foci in Israel where vector populations differ.
2 Cutaneous, Asian desert Infection by Leishmania tropica major Leishmaniasis, cutaneous: Acute necrotizing Rural Wet form Zoonotic form 085.
To the Editor: Recent reports from Afghanistan have focused on the current status of war- and refugee-related anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL), caused by Leishmania tropica, in Kabul City, refugee camps, and Fayzabad City (Badakhshan Province) (1-4).
 
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