Leishmania

Leishmania
n.
a genus of parasitic flagellate protozoans, several species of which cause disease in humans (see leishmaniasis). The parasite assumes a different form in each of its two hosts. In humans, especially in kala-azar patients, it is a small rounded structure, with no flagellum, called a Leishman-Donovan body, which is found within the cells of the lymphatic system, spleen, and bone marrow. In the insect carrier it is long and flagellated.

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  • Leishmania — Leishmania …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Leishmania — tropica Systematik Klassifikation: Lebewesen Domäne …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • leishmania — [ lɛʃmanja ] ou leishmanie [ lɛʃmani ] n. f. • 1908, 1910; de Leishman, biologiste angl. ♦ Bactériol. Protozoaire flagellé, parasite des cellules endothéliales des tissus et organes et, parfois, des leucocytes. ● leishmania ou leishmanie nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • leishmania — leishmánia (angl.) [leish pron. leş] (leish ma ) s. f., g. d. leishmánii; pl. leishmánia Trimis de gall, 31.01.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2 …   Dicționar Român

  • Leishmania — См. Лейшмании (Источник: «Словарь терминов микробиологии») …   Словарь микробиологии

  • Leishmania — Leishmania. См. лейшмании. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Leishmania — género de protozoos parásitos. Se transmiten a los humanos por cualquiera de las diferentes especies de los mosquitos del género Phlebotomus. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • leishmânia — s. f. Protozoário parasito dos glóbulos brancos humanos, do ramo dos flagelados. (As leishmânias são conhecidas sobretudo nos países tropicais e transmitem se por insetos, os flebótomos; provocam doenças graves, ou leishmanioses.)   ‣ Etimologia …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Leishmania —   Leishmania …   Wikipedia Español

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  • Leishmania — Taxobox color = khaki name = Leishmania image width = 240px image caption = Leishmania donovani in bone marrow cell. domain = Eukaryota unranked phylum = Excavata phylum = Euglenozoa classis = Kinetoplastida ordo = Trypanosomatida genus =… …   Wikipedia

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