Genus Leishmania Ross, 1903

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• Leishmania Ross, R. 1903. A new parasite of man. Thompson Yates and Johnstone Laboratories Reports 5 2: 79-82, 1 pl.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from northern Australia.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) [MACROPODIDAE] Agile Wallaby (skin (+ PCR + ELISA)); Macropus bernardus Rothschild, 1904 [MACROPODIDAE] Black Wallaroo (skin (+ PCR + ELISA)); Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 [MACROPODIDAE] Common Wallaroo (skin (culture + PCR + ELISA)); Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) [MACROPODIDAE] Red Kangaroo (syn. Megalia rufus; skin (+ PCR))).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Leishmania have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Dougall, A., Shilton, C., Low Choy, J., Alexander, B. & Walton, S. 2009. New reports of Australian cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Australian macropods. Epidemiology and Infection 137: 1516-1520

Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

Rose, K. 2004. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in red kangaroos. Australian Veterinary Journal 82: 440

Rose, K., Curtis, J., Baldwin, T., Mathis, A., Kumar, B., Sakthianandeswaren, A., Spurck, T., Choy, J.L. & Handman, E. 2004. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in red kangaroos: isolation and characterisation of the causative organisms. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 655-664

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