Species Leishmania major Yakimoff & Schokhor, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leishmania major Yakimoff, W.L. & Schokkor, N.I. 1914. Récherches sur les maladies tropicales humaines et animals au Turkestan — II. La leishmaniose cutanée spontanée du chien au Turkestan. Bulletin de la Société Pathologie Exotique 7: 186–187.

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): Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; skin (exptl.))).

Associated Fauna References

Uboldi A.D., Lueder F.B., Walsh P., Spurck T., McFadden G.I., Curtis J., Likic V.A., Perugini M.A., Barson M., Lithgow T. & Handman E. 2006. A mitochondrial protein affects cell morphology, mitochondrial segregation and virulence in Leishmania. International Journal for Parasitology 36: 1499-1514 (Mus musculus)

Zhu, Y., Davis, A., Smith, B.J., Curtis, J. & Handman, E. 2009. Leishmania major Cor-A-like magnesium transporters play a critical role in parasite development and virulence. International Journal for Parasitology 39: 713-723 (Mus musculus)

History of changes