"Leishmania tropica" 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.
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.
| Descriptor ID |
D007895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.680
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania tropica- Leishmania tropica
- Leishmania tropicas
- tropicas, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) tropica
- Leishmania tropica minor
- Leishmania tropica minors
- minor, Leishmania tropica
- minors, Leishmania tropica
- tropica minor, Leishmania
- Leishmania leishmania tropica
- Leishmania leishmania tropicas
- leishmania tropica, Leishmania
- leishmania tropicas, Leishmania
- tropica, Leishmania leishmania
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania tropica" by people in Profiles.
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Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment response varies depending on parasite species, geographical location and development of secondary infection. Parasit Vectors. 2019 May 02; 12(1):195.
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A Novel Niosomal Combination of Selenium Coupled with Glucantime against Leishmania tropica. Korean J Parasitol. 2019 Feb; 57(1):1-8.
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Differential expression of TLRs 2, 4, 9, iNOS and TNF-a and arginase activity in peripheral blood monocytes from glucantime unresponsive and responsive patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica. Microb Pathog. 2019 Jan; 126:368-378.
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Genetic diversity of Leishmania tropica in Morocco: does the dominance of one haplotype signify its fitness in both predominantly anthropophilic Phlebotomus sergenti and human beings? Transbound Emerg Dis. 2019 Jan; 66(1):373-380.
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Risk factors for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in unresponsive and responsive patients in a major focus, southeast of Iran. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192236.
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Leishmania tropica isolates from non-healed and healed patients in Iran: A molecular typing and phylogenetic analysis. Microb Pathog. 2018 Mar; 116:124-129.
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Cutaneous Leishmania tropica in children: report of three imported cases successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin B. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2018 Jan; 32(1):e8-e10.
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Non-invasive diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by the direct boil loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and MinION™ nanopore sequencing. Parasitol Int. 2018 Feb; 67(1):34-37.
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis and rickettsial African tick-bite fever: a combination of exotic traveler's diseases in the same patient. Int J Dermatol. 2012 Aug; 51(8):960-3.