Leishmania mexicana

Synonyms

Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana

Leishmania leishmania mexicana

Leishmania leishmania mexicanas

Leishmania mexicana amazonenses

Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Leishmania mexicana mexicana

Leishmania mexicana mexicanas

Leishmania mexicanas

amazonenses, Leishmania mexicana

amazonensis, Leishmania mexicana

leishmania mexicana, Leishmania

mexicana amazonensis, Leishmania

mexicana mexicana, Leishmania

mexicana mexicanas, Leishmania

mexicana, Leishmania

mexicana, Leishmania leishmania

mexicana, Leishmania mexicana

mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania

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.