Leishmania donovani

Leishmania donovani amastigotes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trypanosomatina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Discoba Superphylum: Discicristata Infraregnum: Euglenozoa Phylum: Euglenozoa Subphylum: Glycomonada Classis: Kinetoplastea Subclassis: Metakinetoplastina Ordo: Trypanosomatida Subordo: Trypanosomatina

Familia: Trypanosomatidae
Genus: Leishmania
Species: Leishmania donovani

Name

Leishmania donovani (Laveran & Mesnil) Ron.Ross, Brit. Med. J. 2: 1401 (1903)

Alternative botanical spelling: Leishmania donovanii

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Piroplasma donovani Laveran & Mesnil, Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 137: 958 (1903)

Alternative botanical spelling: Piroplasma donovanii

• Homotypic
• Herpetomonas donovani (Laveran & Mesnil) Patton, Lancet 173: 309 (1909)

Alternative botanical spelling: Herpetomonas donovanii

References

Primary references

• Laveran, A. & Mesnil, F. 1903. Sur un Protozoaire nouveau (Piroplasma Donovani Lav. et Mesn.), parasite d'une fièvre de l'Inde. Comptes Rendus hébdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences Paris 137: 957–961. BHL Reference page. 
• Ross, R. 1903. Note on the bodies recently described by Leishman and Donovan. British Medical Journal 2(2237): 1261–1262. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.2237.1261 Reference page. 
• Ross, R. 1903. Further notes on Leishman's bodies. British Medical Journal 2(2239): 1401. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.2239.1401 Reference page. 
• Patton, W.S. 1909. The parasite of Kala-azar and allied organisms. Lancet 173(4457): 306–309. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)44748-3 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dutta, A.K. (2008) Pursuit of medical knowledge: Charles Donovan (1863–1951) on kala-azar in India. J. Med. Biogr. 16(2): 72–76. DOI: 10.1258/jmb.2007.007004.