Leishmania
Leishmania je rod tripanosoma koji je odgovoran za bolesti lišmanijaze. Njih prenose komarci roda Phlebotomus u Starom svetu, i roda Lutzomyia u Novom svetu. Najmanje 93 vrsta komaraca su potvrđeni ili mogući vektori širom sveta. Primarni domaćini su kičmenjaci; Leishmania obično uzrokuje infekcije kod damana, pasa, glodara, i ljudi.

Reference

Literatura 

 Zandbergen et al. "Leishmania disease development depends on the presence of apoptotic promastigotes in the virulent inoculum", PNAS, Sept. 2006 (PDF)

Spoljašnje veze 

 The International Leishmania Network (ILN)  has basic information on the disease and links to many aspects of the disease and its vector.
 A discussion list (Leish-L) is also available with over 600 subscribers to the list, ranging from molecular biologists to public health workers, from many countries both inside and outside endemic regions. Comments and questions are welcomed.
 KBD: Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease, is a website devoted to leishmaniasis, sleeping sickness and Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis). It contains free access to full text peer-reviewed articles on these subjects. The site contains many articles relating to the unique kinetoplastid organelle and genetic material therein.
 Sexual reproduction in leishmania parasites, short review of a "science"-paper
 World Community Grid: Drug Search for Leishmaniasis

Паразитски протисти
Кинетопластид
Leishmania je rod tripanosoma koji je odgovoran za bolesti lišmanijaze . Njih prenose komarci roda Phlebotomus u Starom svetu , i roda Lutzomyia u Novom svetu . Najmanjevrsta komaraca su potvrđeni ili mogući vektori širom sveta . Primarni domaćini su kičmenjaci ; Leishmania obično uzrokuje infekcije kod damana , pasa , glodara , i ljudi . Reference Literatura Zandbergen et al . " Leishmania disease development depends on the presence of apoptotic promastigotes in the virulent inoculum " , PNAS , Sept.( PDF ) Spoljašnje veze The International Leishmania Network ( ILN ) has basic information on the disease and links to many aspects of the disease and its vector . A discussion list ( Leish-L ) is also available with oversubscribers to the list , ranging from molecular biologists to public health workers , from many countries both inside and outside endemic regions . Comments and questions are welcomed . KBD : Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease , is a website devoted to leishmaniasis , sleeping sickness and Chagas disease ( American trypanosomiasis ) . It contains free access to full text peer-reviewed articles on these subjects . The site contains many articles relating to the unique kinetoplastid organelle and genetic material therein . Sexual reproduction in leishmania parasites , short review of a " science" -paper World Community Grid : Drug Search for Leishmaniasis Паразитски протисти Кинетопластид