21. They are a known vector of " Leishmania mexicana ", which causes both cutaneous and diffuse cutansous leishmaniasis 22. Their primary hosts are vertebrates; " Leishmania " commonly infects hyraxes, canids, rodents, and humans. 23. In the protozoan " Leishmania tarentolae ", 12 of the 18 mitochondrial genes are edited using this process. 24. This thiol is also found in some human pathogens including trypanosomes and members of the genus " Leishmania ". 25. Spread through sandflies carrying the leishmania donovani virus, the disease causes weight loss, fever and breaks down the immune system. 26. As they published their discovery almost simultaneously, the species was named for both of them " Leishmania donovani ". 27. This became the first-ever reported case of a distinct strain of Leishmania that invades blood, bone marrow and internal organs. 28. "Endotrypanum " is also closely related and may also be moved to subgenus status within " Leishmania ". 29. "Echinacea " extracts inhibited growth of three species of trypanosomatids : Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma brucei. 30. "Echinacea " extracts inhibited growth of three species of trypanosomatids : Leishmania donovani, Leishmania major, and Trypanosoma brucei.
