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Leishmania braziliensis

"Leishmania braziliensis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania viannia that infects man and animals. It causes cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS), diffuse cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS), and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, MUCOCUTANEOUS) depending on the subspecies of this organism. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, is the vector. The Leishmania braziliensis complex includes the subspecies braziliensis and peruviana. Uta, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World, is caused by the subspecies peruviana.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leishmania braziliensis" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Leishmania braziliensis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 3 publications over 3 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2013 and 2014 and 2015
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