Leishmania tropica
Synonyms
Leishmania (Leishmania) tropica
Leishmania leishmania tropica
Leishmania leishmania tropicas
Leishmania tropica minor
Leishmania tropica minors
Leishmania tropicas
leishmania tropica, Leishmania
leishmania tropicas, Leishmania
minor, Leishmania tropica
minors, Leishmania tropica
tropica minor, Leishmania
tropica, Leishmania leishmania
tropicas, Leishmania
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.