"Leishmania major" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World. Transmission is by Phlebotomus sandflies.
| Descriptor ID |
D018320
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.405
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania major- Leishmania major
- Leishmania majors
- majors, Leishmania
- Leishmania leishmania major
- Leishmania leishmania majors
- leishmania major, Leishmania
- major, Leishmania leishmania
- majors, Leishmania leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) major
- Leishmania tropica major
- Leishmania tropica majors
- majors, Leishmania tropica
- tropica major, Leishmania
- tropica majors, Leishmania
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania major" by people in Profiles.
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Shah PP, Myers MC, Beavers MP, Purvis JE, Jing H, Grieser HJ, Sharlow ER, Napper AD, Huryn DM, Cooperman BS, Smith AB, Diamond SL. Kinetic characterization and molecular docking of a novel, potent, and selective slow-binding inhibitor of human cathepsin L. Mol Pharmacol. 2008 Jul; 74(1):34-41.
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Krolewiecki A, Leon S, Scott P, Abraham D. Activity of azithromycin against Leishmania major in vitro and in vivo. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2002 Sep; 67(3):273-7.
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Krolewiecki AJ, Leon S, Scott PA, Nolan TJ, Schad GA, Abraham D. Effect of chronic ethanol consumption on protective T-helper 1 and T-helper 2 immune responses against the parasites Leishmania major and Strongyloides stercoralis in mice. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2001 Apr; 25(4):571-8.