Definition of "leishmania" []

• A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania. (noun)

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• "The parasite they used in the study was the leishmania, which is transmitted by the bite of the phlebotomine sandfly."
• "In the Late Cretaceous period, the world was covered with warm-temperate to tropical areas that swarmed with blood-sucking insects carrying leishmania, malaria, intestinal parasites, arboviruses and other pathogens."
• "Cutaneous Leishmaniasis - caused by the parasitic protozoa leishmania; transmitted to humans via the bite of sandflies; results in skin lesions that may become chronic; endemic in 88 countries; 90% of cases occur in Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, and Peru; wild and domesticated animals as well as humans can act as reservoirs of infection."