Leishmania aethiopica

Leishmania aethiopica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastida
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Genus:	Leishmania
Species:	Leishmania aethiopica

Leishmania aethiopica is a Leishmania species.^[1]

It is associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis also called "oriental sore". It comes under the old world group of Leishmania species, along with L. major and L. tropica which are other agents causing oriental sore.

References

↑ Schönian G, Akuffo H, Lewin S, et al. (March 2000). "Genetic variability within the species Leishmania aethiopica does not correlate with clinical variations of cutaneous leishmaniasis". Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 106 (2): 239–48. doi:10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00216-9. PMID 10699253.

Infectious diseases – Parasitic disease: protozoan infection: Excavata (A06–A07, B55–B57, 007, 085–086)

Discicristata

Trypanosomatida

Trypanosomiasis	T. brucei African trypanosomiasis T. cruzi Chagas disease

Leishmaniasis	Leishmania major / L. mexicana / L. aethiopica / L. tropica Cutaneous leishmaniasis L. braziliensis Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis L. donovani / infantum Visceral leishmaniasis

Schizopyrenida

Naegleria fowleri
- Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

Trichozoa

Diplomonadida	Giardia lamblia (Giardiasis)

Trichomonadida	Trichomonas vaginalis Trichomoniasis Dientamoeba fragilis Dientamoebiasis

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