any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania: infects humans and animals and causes diseases ranging from skin lesions to potentially fatal organ damage
Word origin
C20: New Latin, named after Sir W.B. Leishman (1865–1926), Scottish bacteriologist
Examples of 'leishmania' in a sentence
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Leishmania parasites cause severe illness in humans and animals.
Eugenia Bifeld, Stephan Lorenzen, Katharina Bartsch, Juan-José Vasquez, T. NicolaiSiegel, Joachim Clos 2018, 'Ribosome Profiling Reveals HSP90 Inhibitor Effects on Stage-Specific Protein Synthesisin Leishmania donovani', mSystemshttps://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00214-18. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania have been considered to replicate clonally, without genetic exchange.
Jovana Sadlova, Matthew Yeo, Veronika Seblova, Michael D Lewis, Isabel Mauricio, PetrVolf, Michael A Miles 2011, 'Visualisation of Leishmania donovani fluorescent hybrids during early stage developmentin the sand fly vector.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3103508?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania are protozoan parasites that proliferate within the phagolysome of mammalian macrophages.
Fiona M. Sansom, Leonie Tang, Julie E. Ralton, Eleanor C. Saunders, Thomas Naderer,Malcolm J. McConville 2013, 'Leishmania major Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A Is Required for Resistance to OxidativeStress and Efficient Replication in Macrophages', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0056064. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania are intracellular parasites that cause disease by suppressing macrophage microbicidal responses.
Ryan D. Lockard, Mary E. Wilson, Nilda E. Rodríguez 2019, 'Sex-Related Differences in Immune Response and Symptomatic Manifestations to Infectionwith Leishmania Species', Journal of Immunology Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4103819. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania parasites alternate between extracellular promastigotes in sandflies and intracellular amastigotes in mammals.
Ou Zhang, Wei Xu, Agiesh Balakrishna Pillai, Kai Zhang 2012, 'Developmentally regulated sphingolipid degradation in Leishmania major.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3267774?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania major was detected as the agent of the disease in the area.
M. R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi, N. Marvi-Moghadam, R. Jafari, A. A. Akhavan, H. Solimani,A. R. Zahrai-Ramazani, M. H. Arandian, A. R. Dehghan-Dehnavi 2015, 'Some Epidemiological Aspects of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in a New Focus, Central Iran',Dermatology Research and Practicehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/286408. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Histopathological examination of tissue biopsy showed multiple intracellular as well as extracellular leishmania donovan bodies.
Bhushan Madke, Vidya Kharkar, Siddhi Chikhalkar, Sunanda Mahajan, Uday Khopkar 2011, 'Successful treatment of multifocal cutaneous leishmaniasis with miltefosine', Indian Journal of Dermatologyhttp://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2011;volume=56;issue=5;spage=587;epage=590;aulast=Madke. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Skin biopsy revealed a granulomatous infiltration negative for acid-fast bacilli and leishmania donovan bodies.
Sandeep Arora, Arvinder Singh Bal, Sukriti Baveja, Aradhana Sood, Khushi Ram Rathi,Pradeep Patil 2015, 'Atypical post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis with ′′Muzzle area′′ swelling', Indian Journal of Dermatologyhttp://www.e-ijd.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5154;year=2015;volume=60;issue=1;spage=88;epage=90;aulast=Arora. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania exosomes influence the phenotype of treated immune cells.
Judith Maxwell Silverman, Neil Eugene Reiner 2012, 'Leishmania Exosomes Deliver Preemptive Strikes to Create an Environment Permissivefor Early Infection', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2011.00026/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Leishmania infection was observed in male and female samples microscopically.
Amin Masoumeh, Azizi Kourosh, Kalantari Mohsen, Motazedian Mohammad Hossein, AsgariQasem, Moemenbellah-Fard Mohammad Djaefar, Najafi Mohammad Esmaeil, Dabaghmanesh Tahereh 2014, 'Laboratory based diagnosis of leishmaniasis in rodents as the reservoir hosts in southernIran, 2012', Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicinehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115300514. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)