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Leishmania Species of Skin: Survey

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Name

The genus name honors the English scientist W.B. Leishman (1865–1926). The species names show regional relations, honor the English scientist Charles Donovan (1863–1951) or refer to main hosts: Latin: infans=child.

Geographic Distribution/Epidemiology

The different species of the genus Leishmania have entered different regions:

  • Leishmania donovani infantum (found in dry, sandy mountain regions of countries around the Mediterranean Sea)

  • L. tropica (found in countries of the Southern Balcony, Greece, Turkey, Caucasian region, Arabian coasts, Afghanistan, Pakistan)

  • L. major (Northern Africa, anterior oriental regions, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Northern Saudi Arabia. Southern Afghanistan, Pakistan, Black Sea region, Western Africa between 10th and 13th°, local regions in Central and Western Africa)

  • L. aethiopica (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia)

  • L. mexicana-complex (Texas, Mexico until northern Argentina respectively Peru)

  • L. braziliensis (like L. mexicana)

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Further Readings

  • Cantacessi C et al. (2015) The past, present and future of Leishmania genomics and transcriptomics. Trends Parasitol 31:100–108

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  1. Institut für Zoomorphologie, Zellbiologie und Parasitologie Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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  1. Institute of Zoomorphology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

    Heinz Mehlhorn

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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Leishmania Species of Skin: Survey. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3997-1

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