Leishmania major

Leishmania major
Promastigotes of Leishmania major, 10×100, Giemsa stain.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): Excavata Phylum: Euglenozoa Class: Kinetoplastida Order: Trypanosomatida Genus: Leishmania Species: major

Leishmania major is a species of Leishmania.

It is associated with zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis.^[1]

The genome has been sequenced.^[2]

References

1. ^ Alrajhi AA, Ibrahim EA, De Vol EB, Khairat M, Faris RM, Maguire JH (March 2002). "Fluconazole for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major". New England Journal of Medicine 346 (12): 891–5. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa011882. PMID 11907288. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=short&pmid=11907288&promo=ONFLNS19. 
2. ^ Ivens AC, Peacock CS, Worthey EA, et al (July 2005). "The genome of the kinetoplastid parasite, Leishmania major". Science (journal) 309 (5733): 436–42. doi:10.1126/science.1112680. PMID 16020728. PMC: 1470643. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16020728. 

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