Leishmania
See also: leishmania and leishmânia
Translingual
Etymology
After William Boog Leishman + -ia
Proper noun
Leishmania f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – parasitic protozoans, a trypanosome, transmitted by sandflies and which cause disease in humans and other vertebrates.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum; Kinetoplastea - class; Trypanosomatida - order; Trypanosomatidae - family
Descendants
- English: leishmaniasis
Further reading
Leishmania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Leishmania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Leishmania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Leishmania at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Leishmania at National Center for Biotechnology Information
