"Leishmania donovani" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.
| Descriptor ID |
D007893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.230
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania donovani- Leishmania donovani
- Leishmania donovanus
- donovanus, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovanus
- donovani, Leishmania leishmania
- donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania donovani" by people in Profiles.
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Kashino SS, Abeijon C, Qin L, Kanunfre KA, Kubrusly FS, Silva FO, Costa DL, Campos D, Costa CH, Raw I, Campos-Neto A. Identification of Leishmania infantum chagasi proteins in urine of patients with visceral leishmaniasis: a promising antigen discovery approach of vaccine candidates. Parasite Immunol. 2012 Jul; 34(7):360-71.
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Fernandes AP, Coelho EA, Machado-Coelho GL, Grimaldi G, Gazzinelli RT. Making an anti-amastigote vaccine for visceral leishmaniasis: rational, update and perspectives. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2012 Aug; 15(4):476-85.
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Resende DM, Caetano BC, Dutra MS, Penido ML, Abrantes CF, Verly RM, Resende JM, Pil?-Veloso D, Rezende SA, Bruna-Romero O, Fernandes AP, Gazzinelli RT. Epitope mapping and protective immunity elicited by adenovirus expressing the Leishmania amastigote specific A2 antigen: correlation with IFN-gamma and cytolytic activity by CD8+ T cells. Vaccine. 2008 Aug 18; 26(35):4585-93.
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Porrozzi R, Santos da Costa MV, Teva A, Falqueto A, Ferreira AL, dos Santos CD, Fernandes AP, Gazzinelli RT, Campos-Neto A, Grimaldi G. Comparative evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays based on crude and recombinant leishmanial antigens for serodiagnosis of symptomatic and asymptomatic Leishmania infantum visceral infections in dogs. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 May; 14(5):544-8.
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Campos-Neto A, Soong L, Cordova JL, Sant'Angelo D, Skeiky YA, Ruddle NH, Reed SG, Janeway C, McMahon-Pratt D. Cloning and expression of a Leishmania donovani gene instructed by a peptide isolated from major histocompatibility complex class II molecules of infected macrophages. J Exp Med. 1995 Nov 01; 182(5):1423-33.
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Sartori A, Roque-Barreira MC, Coe J, Campos-Neto A. Immune complex glomerulonephritis in experimental kala-azar. II: Detection and characterization of parasite antigens and antibodies eluted from kidneys of Leishmania donovani-infected hamsters. Clin Exp Immunol. 1992 Mar; 87(3):386-92.
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Rodrigues J?nior V, Da Silva JS, Campos-Neto A. Selective inability of spleen antigen presenting cells from Leishmania donovani infected hamsters to mediate specific T cell proliferation to parasite antigens. Parasite Immunol. 1992 Jan; 14(1):49-58.
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Sartori A, De Oliveira AV, Roque-Barreira MC, Rossi MA, Campos-Neto A. Immune complex glomerulonephritis in experimental kala-azar. Parasite Immunol. 1987 Jan; 9(1):93-103.