"Leishmania major" 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 animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.405
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania major- Leishmania major
- Leishmania majors
- majors, Leishmania
- Leishmania leishmania major
- Leishmania leishmania majors
- leishmania major, Leishmania
- major, Leishmania leishmania
- majors, Leishmania leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) major
- Leishmania tropica major
- Leishmania tropica majors
- majors, Leishmania tropica
- tropica major, Leishmania
- tropica majors, Leishmania
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania major" 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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Metabolomic profiling and biological investigation of the marine sponge-derived bacterium Rhodococcus sp. UA13. Phytochem Anal. 2018 Nov; 29(6):543-548.
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Structures of Leishmania Fructose-1,6-Bisphosphatase Reveal Species-Specific Differences in the Mechanism of Allosteric Inhibition. J Mol Biol. 2017 10 13; 429(20):3075-3089.
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Tumor suppressor p53 induces apoptosis of host lymphocytes experimentally infected by Leishmania major, by activation of Bax and caspase-3: a possible survival mechanism for the parasite. Parasitol Res. 2017 Aug; 116(8):2159-2166.
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New tetromycin derivatives with anti-trypanosomal and protease inhibitory activities. Mar Drugs. 2011; 9(10):1682-97.