Leishmania

See also: leishmania and leishmânia

Translingual

Etymology

After William Boog Leishman +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Leishmania f

A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – parasitic protozoans, a trypanosome, transmitted by sandflies and which cause disease in humans and other vertebrates.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family

Descendants

English: leishmaniasis

Further reading

Leishmania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Leishmania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Leishmania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Leishmania at the Tree of Life Web Project
Leishmania at Encyclopedia of Life
Leishmania at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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