Other terms
Leishmania mexicanas,mexicana, Leishmania,mexicanas, Leishmania,Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicanas,leishmania mexicana, Leishmania,leishmania mexicanas, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania leishmania,mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania,Leishmania mexicana mexicana,Leishmania mexicana mexicanas,mexicana mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana mexicanas, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania mexicana,mexicanas, Leishmania mexicana,Leishmania mexicana amazonensis,Leishmania mexicana amazonenses,amazonenses, Leishmania mexicana,amazonensis, Leishmania mexicana,mexicana amazonenses, Leishmania,mexicana amazonensis, Leishmania
Description
Leishmania mexicana: A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector.
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