Leishmania donovani

Leishmania donovani
Leishmania donovani in bone marrow cell.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastida
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Genus:	Leishmania
Species:	Leishmania donovani
Binomial name
Leishmania donovani Laveran et Mesnil, 1903

Leishmania donovani is a species of Leishmania.

It is an important cause of Leishmaniasis.^[1]

References

1. ^ Vidyashankar C. and Agrawal R. (2007) Leishmaniasis. eMedicine. Last updated 2007-08-23.

External links

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=5661

v • d • e Infectious diseases - Parasitic disease: protozoan infection: Excavata (A06-A07, B55-B57, 007,085-086) Discicristata Trypanosomatida Trypanosomiasis T. brucei (African trypanosomiasis) · T. cruzi (Chagas disease) Leishmaniasis Leishmania major/L. mexicana/L. aethiopica/L. tropica (Cutaneous leishmaniasis) · L. braziliensis (Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis) · L. donovani/infantum (Visceral leishmaniasis) Schizopyrenida Naegleria fowleri (Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis) Trichozoa Diplomonadida Giardia lamblia (Giardiasis) Trichomonadida Trichomonas vaginalis (Trichomoniasis) · Dientamoeba fragilis (Dientamoebiasis) see also drugs

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