"Leishmania major" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.405
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania major- Leishmania major
- Leishmania majors
- majors, Leishmania
- Leishmania leishmania major
- Leishmania leishmania majors
- leishmania major, Leishmania
- major, Leishmania leishmania
- majors, Leishmania leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) major
- Leishmania tropica major
- Leishmania tropica majors
- majors, Leishmania tropica
- tropica major, Leishmania
- tropica majors, Leishmania
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania major" by people in Profiles.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mali. Dermatol Clin. 2011 Jan; 29(1):75-8.
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A superantigen interacts with leishmanial infection in antigen-presenting cells to regulate cytokine commitment of responding CD4 T cells. J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 15; 202(8):1234-45.