Leishmania donovani
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| Leishmania donovani | |
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| 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, 1903 |
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Leishmania 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 [edit]
- ^ 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 [edit]
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=5661
- http://www.ebi.ac.uk/genomes/eukaryota.html Leishmania donovani genome is deposited in this EBI page.
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