Leishmania tropica
| Leishmania tropica | |
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| Promastigotes of Leishmania tropica. Giemsa stain, 10×100. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Leishmania |
| Species: | L. tropica
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| Binomial name | |
| Leishmania tropica Wright, 1903
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa; Leishmania tropica infected areas are in red[1]
Leishmania tropica is a species of flagellate parasites that infects humans and hyraxes, and the cause of the disease , a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis.[2] L. tropica infection results in non-ulcerating disease.
References[]
- ^ Aoun, K.; Bouratbine, A. (2014). "Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in North Africa: a review". Parasite. 21: 14. doi:10.1051/parasite/2014014. PMC 3952656. PMID 24626301.
- ^ Gitari JW, Nzou SM, Wamunyokoli F, Kinyeru E, Fujii Y, Kaneko S, Mwau M (2018). "Leishmaniasis recidivans by Leishmania tropica in Central Rift Valley Region in Kenya". Int J Infect Dis. 74: 109–116. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2018.07.008. PMID 30017946.
Further reading[]
- Saroufim, Maya; Charafeddine, Khalil; Issa, Grace (October 2014). "Ongoing Epidemic of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among Syrian Refugees, Lebanon". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20 (10): 1712–1715. doi:10.3201/eid2010.140288. PMC 4193275. PMID 25279543.
- Solomon, Michal; Schwartz, Eli; Pavlotsky, Felix (Aug 2014). "Leishmania tropica in children: A retrospective study". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 71 (2): 271–7. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2013.12.047. PMID 24775403.
- Krayter, Lena; Alam, Mohammad Zahangir; Rhajaoui, Mohamed; Schnur, Lionel F. (December 2014). "Multilocus Microsatellite Typing reveals intra-focal genetic diversity among strains of Leishmania tropica in Chichaoua Province, Morocco". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 28: 233–239. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2014.09.037.
- Hammoudeh, Nour; Kweider, Mahmoud; Abbady, Abdul-Qader; Soukkarieh, Chadi (Oct 2014). "Sequencing and Gene Expression Analysis of Leishmania tropica LACK Gene" (PDF). Iranian J Parasitol. 9 (4): 574–583. PMC 4345098. PMID 25759740. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H, Kiaei SS, Iravani D (2007). "Leishmania tropica infection, in comparison to Leishmania major, induces lower delayed type hypersensitivity in BALB/c mice". Korean J Parasitol. 45 (2): 103–9. doi:10.3347/kjp.2007.45.2.103. PMC 2526302. PMID 17570972.
External links[]
Media related to Leishmania tropica at Wikimedia Commons- US Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Leishmaniasis – General Information
- Cancer Web
Categories:
- Parasitic excavates
- Trypanosomatida
- Species described in 1903