| D007894 |
Leishmania mexicana |
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector. |
Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana,Leishmania mexicana amazonensis,Leishmania mexicana mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicanas,Leishmania mexicana amazonenses,Leishmania mexicana mexicanas,Leishmania mexicanas,amazonenses, Leishmania mexicana,amazonensis, Leishmania mexicana,leishmania mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana amazonensis, Leishmania,mexicana mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana mexicanas, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania mexicana,mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000977 |
Antiparasitic Agents |
Drugs used to treat or prevent parasitic infections. |
Antiparasitic,Antiparasitic Agent,Antiparasitic Drug,Parasiticide,Parasiticides,Antiparasitic Drugs,Antiparasitics,Agent, Antiparasitic,Agents, Antiparasitic,Drug, Antiparasitic,Drugs, Antiparasitic |
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| D013329 |
Structure-Activity Relationship |
The relationship between the chemical structure of a compound and its biological or pharmacological activity. Compounds are often classed together because they have structural characteristics in common including shape, size, stereochemical arrangement, and distribution of functional groups. |
Relationship, Structure-Activity,Relationships, Structure-Activity,Structure Activity Relationship,Structure-Activity Relationships |
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| D014344 |
Trypanocidal Agents |
Agents destructive to the protozoal organisms belonging to the suborder TRYPANOSOMATINA. |
Trypanocidal Drugs,Trypanocides,Trypanosomicidal Agents,Trypanosomicides,Agents, Trypanocidal,Agents, Trypanosomicidal,Drugs, Trypanocidal |
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| D014349 |
Trypanosoma cruzi |
The agent of South American trypanosomiasis or CHAGAS DISEASE. Its vertebrate hosts are man and various domestic and wild animals. Insects of several species are vectors. |
Trypanosoma cruzus,cruzi, Trypanosoma |
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| D014351 |
Trypanosomatina |
A suborder of monoflagellate parasitic protozoa that lives in the blood and tissues of man and animals. Representative genera include: Blastocrithidia, Leptomonas, CRITHIDIA, Herpetomonas, LEISHMANIA, Phytomonas, and TRYPANOSOMA. Species of this suborder may exist in two or more morphologic stages formerly named after genera exemplifying these forms - amastigote (LEISHMANIA), choanomastigote (CRITHIDIA), promastigote (Leptomonas), opisthomastigote (Herpetomonas), epimastigote (Blastocrithidia), and trypomastigote (TRYPANOSOMA). |
Blastocrithidia,Herpetomonas,Leptomonas,Trypanosomatidae,Blastocrithidias,Herpetomona,Leptomona,Trypanosomatinas |
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| D014355 |
Chagas Disease |
Infection with the protozoan parasite TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI, a form of TRYPANOSOMIASIS endemic in Central and South America. It is named after the Brazilian physician Carlos Chagas, who discovered the parasite. Infection by the parasite (positive serologic result only) is distinguished from the clinical manifestations that develop years later, such as destruction of PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLIA; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; and dysfunction of the ESOPHAGUS or COLON. |
Trypanosomiasis, South American,American Trypanosomiasis,Chagas' Disease,Trypanosoma cruzi Infection,Infection, Trypanosoma cruzi,Infections, Trypanosoma cruzi,South American Trypanosomiasis,Trypanosoma cruzi Infections,Trypanosomiasis, American |
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