Leishmania

Leishmania major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trypanosomatina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Protozoa Subregnum: Eozoa Infraregnum: Euglenozoa Phylum: Euglenozoa Subphylum: Glycomonada Classis: Kinetoplastea Subclassis: Metakinetoplastina Ordo: Trypanosomatida Subordo: Trypanosomatina

Familia: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Leishmania
Subgenera: L. (Leishmania) – L. (Mundinia) – L. (Sauroleishmania) – L. (Viannia)

Species overview: L. aethiopica – L. amazonensis – L. arabica – L. aristedes – L. braziliensis – L. donovani – L. enriettii – L. forattinii – L. garnhami – L. gerbili – L. guyanensis – L. infantum – L. lainsoni – L. macropodum – L. major – L. martiniquensis – L. mexicana – L. naiffi – L. orientalis – L. panamensis – L. peruviana – L. pifanoi – L. shawi – L. tropica – L. turanica – L. venezuelensis

Name

Leishmania Ron.Ross, Brit. Med. J. 1903(2): 1401 (28 Nov 1903)

Type species: Piroplasma donovani Laveran & Mesnil, 1903, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Borowskia L.M.Isaev, Meditsinsk. Parazitol. Parazit. Bolezni 1(5–6): 280 (1933) ["1932"], nom. illeg. & nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
- Helcosoma J.H.Wright, J. Med. Res. 10: 478 (Dec 1903)
  - Type species: Helcosoma tropicum J.H.Wright, 1903, by monotypy.
- Ovoplasma Marzin. & Bogrov, Med. Obozr. Sprimona 41: 214 (1904)
  - Type species: Ovoplasma orientale Marzin. & Bogrov, 1904, by monotypy.
- Plasmosoma Huntemüll., Centralbl. Bakteriol., 1. Abt., Originale 73: 140 (1914)
  - Type species: Plasmosoma jerichoense Huntemüll., 1914, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

Ross, R. 1903. A new parasite of man. Thompson Yates and Johnston Laboratories Reports, new series 5: 79–82. BHL Reference page.
Ross, R. 1903. Further notes on Leishman's bodies. British Medical Journal 2(2239): 1401. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.2239.1401 Reference page.
Wright, J.H. 1903. Protozoa in a case of Tropical Ulcer ("Delhi Sore"). The Journal of Medical Research 10(3): 472–482. PDF Reference page.
Marzinowsky, E.I. (Марциновскiй, E.И.) & Bogrov, S.L. (Богровъ, С.Л.) 1904. Къ вопросу объ этiологiи восточной язвы (Bouton d'Orient). Meditsinskoe obozrenie Sprimona 41(3): 207–216. (Russian) Reference page.
Huntemüller, O. 1914. Neuartige Parasitenbefunde bei der Jerichobeule. Centralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde und Infektionskrankheiten. 1 Abteilung, Medizinisch-hygienische Bakteriologie, Virusforschung und tierische Parasitologie. Originale 73(2): 137–141. Internet Archive (PDF) Reference page.
Isaev, L.M. (Исаев, Л.М.) 1933 ["1932"]. П.Ф. Боровский и открытие возбудителя кожного лейшманиоза [P.F. Borovsky and the discovery of the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis]. Meditsinskaya parazitologiya i parazitarnye bolezni 1(5–6): 277–280. (Russian) Reference page.

Additional references

Podlipaev, S.A. (Подлипаев, С.А.) 1990. Каталог мировой фауны простейших семейства Trypanosomatidae (Protozoa) [Catalogue of the world fauna of Trypanosomatidae (Protozoa)]. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta Akademii Nauk SSSR 217: 1–177. (Russian) Фундаментальная электронная библиотека «Флора и фауна» DJVU Google Books Reference page.
Safjanova, V.M. (Сафьянова, В.М., Saf'janova, V.M.) 1982. Проблема таксономии лейшманий [The problem of taxonomy with Leishmania]. Protozoologiya 7: 5–109. (Russian) Reference page.

Vernacular names

العربية: ليشمانيا
беларуская: Лейшманіі
日本語: リーシュマニア
русский: Лейшмания
中文: 利什曼原蟲

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