Leishmania aethiopica is a Leishmania species.[1]
| Leishmania aethiopica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Leishmania |
| Species: | L. aethiopica
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| Binomial name | |
| Leishmania aethiopica Bray, Ashford and Bray, 1973
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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.
References
edit- ^ 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.