Other terms
Leishmania brazilienses,brazilienses, Leishmania,braziliensis, Leishmania,Leishmania viannia brasiliensis,Leishmania viannia brasilienses,brasilienses, Leishmania viannia,brasiliensis, Leishmania viannia,viannia brasilienses, Leishmania,viannia brasiliensis, Leishmania,Leishmania brasiliensis,Leishmania brasilienses,brasilienses, Leishmania,brasiliensis, Leishmania,Leishmania (Viannia) brasiliensis,Leishmania viannia braziliensis,Leishmania viannia brazilienses,brazilienses, Leishmania viannia,braziliensis, Leishmania viannia,viannia brazilienses, Leishmania,viannia braziliensis, Leishmania,Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis,Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis,Leishmania braziliensis brazilienses,brazilienses, Leishmania braziliensis,braziliensis brazilienses, Leishmania,braziliensis braziliensis, Leishmania,braziliensis, Leishmania braziliensis,Leishmania brasiliensis brasiliensis,Leishmania brasiliensis brasilienses,brasilienses, Leishmania brasiliensis,brasiliensis brasilienses, Leishmania,brasiliensis brasiliensis, Leishmania,brasiliensis, Leishmania brasiliensis,Leishmania braziliensis peruviana,Leishmania braziliensis peruvianas,braziliensis peruviana, Leishmania,braziliensis peruvianas, Leishmania,peruviana, Leishmania braziliensis,peruvianas, Leishmania braziliensis,Leishmania brasiliensis peruviana,Leishmania brasiliensis peruvianas,brasiliensis peruviana, Leishmania,brasiliensis peruvianas, Leishmania,peruviana, Leishmania brasiliensis,peruvianas, Leishmania brasiliensis
Description
Leishmania braziliensis: A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania viannia that infects man and animals. It causes cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS) depending on the subspecies of this organism. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, is the vector. The Leishmania braziliensis complex includes the subspecies braziliensis and peruviana. Uta, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World, is caused by the subspecies peruviana.
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