- Leishmania donovani
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Leishmania donovani 
Leishmania donovani in bone marrow cell Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): Excavata Phylum: Euglenozoa Class: Kinetoplastida Order: Trypanosomatida Genus: Leishmania Species: Leishmania donovani Binomial name Leishmania donovani
Laveran et Mesnil, 1903Leishmania donovani is a species of Leishmania. It is an important cause of visceral leishmaniasis.[1] The reference genome of L. donovani extracted in the south eastern Nepal was published in 2011. [2][3][4]
References
- ^ Vidyashankar C. and Agrawal R. (2007) Leishmaniasis. eMedicine. Last updated 2007-08-23.
- ^ Downing T and Imamura H et. al. "Whole genome sequencing of multiple Leishmania donovani clinical isolates provides insights into the evolution and mechanisms of drug resistance." Genome Research, 2011
- ^ Different paths to drug resistance in Leishmania Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute press release.
- ^ Deadly parasite juggles the number of its chromosomes Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp press release.
External links
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=5661
- http://www.ebi.ac.uk/genomes/eukaryota.html Leishmania donovani genome is found in this EBI page.
Infectious diseases – Parasitic disease: protozoan infection: Excavata (A06–A07, B55–B57, 007, 085–086) Discicristata TrypanosomatidaLeishmania major/L. mexicana/L. aethiopica/L. tropica (Cutaneous leishmaniasis) · L. braziliensis (Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis) · L. donovani/infantum (Visceral leishmaniasis)SchizopyrenidaTrichozoa TrichomonadidaCategories:- Parasite stubs
- Parasitic protists
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