Leishmania major

Leishmania major
Promastigotes of Leishmania major, 10×100, Giemsa stain.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: 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 309 (5733): 436–42. doi:10.1126/science.1112680. PMC 1470643. PMID 16020728. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=16020728.