"Leishmania donovani" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.
| Descriptor ID |
D007893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.268.475.868.488.230
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| Concept/Terms |
Leishmania donovani- Leishmania donovani
- Leishmania donovanus
- donovanus, Leishmania
- Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovani
- Leishmania leishmania donovanus
- donovani, Leishmania leishmania
- donovanus, Leishmania leishmania
- leishmania donovanus, Leishmania
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leishmania donovani" by people in this website by year, and whether "Leishmania donovani" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leishmania donovani" by people in Profiles.
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Bioassay-based Corchorus capsularis L. leaf-derived ß-sitosterol exerts antileishmanial effects against Leishmania donovani by targeting trypanothione reductase. Sci Rep. 2020 11 24; 10(1):20440.
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Leishmanicidal Activity of an In Silico-Screened Novel Inhibitor against Ascorbate Peroxidase of Leishmania donovani. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2020 06 23; 64(7).
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Curative efficacy of purified serine protease inhibitor PTF3 from potato tuber in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. Int Immunopharmacol. 2020 Aug; 85:106623.
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White jute (Corchorus capsularis L.) leaf extract has potent leishmanicidal activity against Leishmania donovani. Parasitol Int. 2019 Aug; 71:41-45.
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In silico studies and evaluation of antiparasitic role of a novel pyruvate phosphate dikinase inhibitor in Leishmania donovani infected macrophages. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2019 Apr; 53(4):508-514.
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Protective inflammatory response against visceral leishmaniasis with potato tuber extract: A new approach of successful therapy. Biomed Pharmacother. 2016 Oct; 83:1295-1302.
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Targeting Ergosterol biosynthesis in Leishmania donovani: essentiality of sterol 14 alpha-demethylase. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar; 9(3):e0003588.
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Genetic analysis of Leishmania donovani tropism using a naturally attenuated cutaneous strain. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jul; 10(7):e1004244.
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Heterologous priming-boosting with DNA and vaccinia virus expressing kinetoplastid membrane protein-11 induces potent cellular immune response and confers protection against infection with antimony resistant and sensitive strains of Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani. Vaccine. 2013 Apr 08; 31(15):1905-15.
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Determinants for the development of visceral leishmaniasis disease. PLoS Pathog. 2013 Jan; 9(1):e1003053.