Corrêa José R, Brazil Reginaldo P, Soares Maurilio J
Laboratório de Biologia Celular de Microrganismos, Departamento de Ultra-estrutura e Biologia Celular, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 21040-900, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2005 Oct;100(6):587-92. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000600014. Epub 2005 Nov 8.
Leishmania (Viannia) lainsoni is the Leishmania species that presents the most distinct biological (morphology, growth in axenic culture medium), biochemical (enzymatic electrophoresis profile), and molecular biology characteristics, when compared to other species of the Viannia subgenus. Development of promastigote forms of this parasite attached to the wall of the pyloric and hind gut regions of sand fly vectors is a solid characteristic that allows its positioning in the Viannia subgenus. However, taxonomic data from biochemical and molecular techniques on this Leishmania species are still not conclusive. It is evident the difficulty in taxonomically positioning this borderline Leishmania species. In this review we present the data accumulated since L. (Viannia) lainsoni has been described and we discuss its position in the Viannia subgenus.
赖氏利什曼原虫（维氏亚属）是一种利什曼原虫，与维氏亚属的其他物种相比，它具有最独特的生物学（形态学、在无细胞培养基中的生长情况）、生物化学（酶电泳图谱）和分子生物学特征。这种寄生虫的前鞭毛体附着在白蛉媒介幽门和后肠区域壁上的发育情况是一个确凿的特征，这使其能够被归入维氏亚属。然而，关于这种利什曼原虫物种的生物化学和分子技术的分类学数据仍然没有定论。显然，对这种处于分类学边缘的利什曼原虫物种进行分类定位存在困难。在这篇综述中，我们展示了自赖氏利什曼原虫（维氏亚属）被描述以来积累的数据，并讨论了它在维氏亚属中的地位。
