LEISHMANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leishmania mean? 

• LEISHMANIA (noun)
  The noun LEISHMANIA has 1 sense:

1. flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

  Familiarity information: LEISHMANIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEISHMANIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flagellate protozoan that causes leishmaniasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leishmania; Leishmania

Hypernyms ("Leishmania" is a kind of...):

flagellate; flagellate protozoan; flagellated protozoan; mastigophoran; mastigophore (a usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages; some are pathogens of humans and other animals)

 Context examples 

A chronic parasitic infection affecting the viscera and caused by Leishmania donovani.

(Kala-Azar, NCI Thesaurus)

Leishmania is an intracellular protozoan parasite of macrophages that causes visceral, mucosal, and cutaneous diseases.

(Leishmaniasis Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

A parasitic infection caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania.

(Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

An acute necrotizing form of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Infection with leishmania tropica major.

(Asian Desert Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan Leishmania parasites which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)

The most common form of leishmaniasis that is transmitted through the bite of female phlebotomine sand flies or after exposure to leishmania parasites.

(American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Successful infection of Leishmania is achieved by alteration of signaling events in the host cell, leading to enhanced production of the autoinhibitory molecules like TGF-beta and decreased induction of cytokines such as IL12 for protective immunity.

(Leishmaniasis Infection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

After six years of research, Brazilian scientists have discovered that the presence of the Leishmania RNA virus in disease-carrying parasites leads to more aggressive forms of leishmaniasis, a discovery they say opens the way to new treatments.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)

Scientists discovered that the aggravation of the disease by LRV relies on the activation of various molecules, particularly the toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) inside the macrophages - white blood cells that become infected with Leishmania.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)