Leishmania mexicana

Leishmania mexicana is a Leishmania species and is one of the causative species of leishmaniasis.

Leishmania mexicana is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite that causes the mildest form of leishmaniasis. This species of Leishmania is found in South and Central America. Infection with L. mexicana occurs when an individual is bitten by an infected sand fly that injects the infective promastigotes, which are carried in the proboscis, directly into the skin.