Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens

During the last 20 years, Leishmania (Mundinia) spp. have emerged as new causative agents of human and animal leishmaniases. We provide a historical view of these parasites, from their initial description to their emergence as pathogens, to help avoiding future confusion in species assignation of th...

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Main Author: D. Sereno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:New Microbes and New Infections
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297519300368
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spelling doaj-91e77a330d524749a199dc12a1a55d582020-11-25T02:20:38ZengElsevierNew Microbes and New Infections2052-29752019-07-0130Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogensD. Sereno0Corresponding author: D. Sereno, Office 164, IRD Center of Montpellier, 911 avenue Agropolis, 34032 Montpellier Cedex, France.; IRD, University of Montpellier, InterTryp and MiVeGec, Montpellier, FranceDuring the last 20 years, Leishmania (Mundinia) spp. have emerged as new causative agents of human and animal leishmaniases. We provide a historical view of these parasites, from their initial description to their emergence as pathogens, to help avoiding future confusion in species assignation of these newly emerging pathogens.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2052297519300368
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Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
New Microbes and New Infections
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title Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
title_short Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
title_full Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
title_fullStr Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
title_full_unstemmed Leishmania (Mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal Leishmania pathogens
title_sort leishmania (mundinia) spp.: from description to emergence as new human and animal leishmania pathogens
publisher Elsevier
series New Microbes and New Infections
issn 2052-2975
publishDate 2019-07-01
description During the last 20 years, Leishmania (Mundinia) spp. have emerged as new causative agents of human and animal leishmaniases. We provide a historical view of these parasites, from their initial description to their emergence as pathogens, to help avoiding future confusion in species assignation of these newly emerging pathogens.
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