Subgenus | Complex | Species | Main geographic locations | Main clinical manifestation | Other |
Old World | |||||
Leishmania | L. donovani | L. donovani | India, sub-Saharan Africa, China, Pakistan | Visceral leishmaniasis | Post kala-azar dermal leismaniasis |
L. infantum* | Mediterranean, Middle East, north and sub-Saharan Africa, Balkans, China | Visceral leishmaniasis | |||
L. major | L. major | Middle East, Africa, India, China | Cutaneous leishmaniasis ("wet ulcer") | ||
L. tropica | L. tropica | Middle East, India, southern Europe, western Asia | Cutaneous leishmaniasis ("dry ulcer") | Leishmaniasis recidivans and viscerotropic leishmaniasis | |
L. aethiopica | L. aethiopica | Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | DCL | |
New World | |||||
Leishmania | L. donovani | L. chagasi* | Latin America | Visceral leishmaniasis | |
L. mexicana | L. venezuelensis | Venezuela | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | ||
L. mexicana | Mexico, Central America, Texas, Oklahoma | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | DCL | ||
L. amazonensis | Amazon basin, Brazil | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | DCL; has also been associated with viceral leishmaniasis | ||
Viannia | L. braziliensis | L. braziliensis | Latin America | Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis | |
L. peruviana | Peru and Argentina (highlands) | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | |||
L. guyanensis | L. guyanensis | Northern Amazon basin, Guyanas | Cutaneous leishmaniasis | ||
L. panamensis | Panama, Costa Rica, Columbia | Cutaneous leishmaniasis |
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