Species Leishmania donovani (Laveran & Mesnil, 1903)

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Regional Maps

• Piroplasma donovani Laveran, A. & Mesnil, F. 1903. Sur un Protozoaire nouveau (Piroplasma donovani Lav. et Mesn.) parasite d'une fièvre de l'Inde. Compte rendu de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 137: 957-961, 17 text-figs.

Generic Combinations

• Leishmania donovani (Laveran & Mesnil, 1903). —
  Ross, R. 1903. A new parasite of man. Thompson Yates and Johnstone Laboratories Reports 5 2: 79-82, 1 pl.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum (heart (exptl. infection)); Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (skin)).

Associated Fauna References

Backhouse T.C. & Bolliger A. 1951. Transmission of Chagas' disease to the Australian marsupial Trichosurus vulpecula. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 44: 521-533 (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Hagger, T.D. 1956. A case of visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar. Medical Journal of Australia 2: 198-199 (Homo sapiens)

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

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Homo sapiens)

Rigg, A. 1957. Kala-azar in a child of five years. Medical Journal of Australia 1: 389-391 (Homo sapiens)

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