Domain Eukaryota Order Trypanosomatida Scientific name Leishmania aethiopica Rank Species | Phylum Euglenozoa Genus Leishmania Higher classification Leishmania | |
Similar Leishmania, Trypanosomatida, Phlebotomus, Kinetoplastida, Lutzomyia | ||
Leishmania aethiopica is a Leishmania species.
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.
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