Leishmania aethiopica

Leishmania aethiopica
Scientific classification
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastea
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Genus:	Leishmania
Species:	L. aethiopica
Binomial name
	Leishmania aethiopica; Bray, Ashford and Bray, 1973

It is associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis also called "oriental sore". It comes under the old world group of Leishmania species, along with L. major and L. tropica which are other agents causing oriental sore.

Leishmania aethiopica is a Leishmania species.[1]

References

Schönian G, Akuffo H, Lewin S, et al. (March 2000). "Genetic variability within the species Leishmania aethiopica does not correlate with clinical variations of cutaneous leishmaniasis". Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 106 (2): 239–48. doi:10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00216-9. PMID 10699253.

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[pmid10699253-1] Schönian G, Akuffo H, Lewin S, et al. (March 2000). "Genetic variability within the species Leishmania aethiopica does not correlate with clinical variations of cutaneous leishmaniasis". Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 106 (2): 239–48. doi:10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00216-9. PMID 10699253.