Leishmania tropica
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| Promastigotes of Leishmania tropica. Giemsa stain, 10×100. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Excavata |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastida |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Leishmania |
| Species: | Leishmania tropica |
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Leishmania tropica Wright, 1903 |
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Leishmania tropica is a species of flagellate parasites that infects humans and hyraxes, and the cause of the disease Leishmaniasis Recidivans, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis. L. tropica infection results in non-ulcerating disease.<Korean J Parasitol. 2007 Jun;45(2):103-9.> <Mahmoudzadeh-Niknam H1, Kiaei SS, Iravani D.>
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